Also released in 2012 , Cho 's third film '' The Winter of the Year Was Warm '' focuses on a Seoul-based film producer/director who 's fond of the laidback atmosphere in the coastal city of Gangneung , and a nurse who lives in Gangneung but yearns for the cultural life of Seoul ; after meeting through a common friend , they each agree to set aside one room in their respective apartments for the other to stay at on weekends , but in sharing their homes with each other , they eventually start to develop a strange sort of in absentia intimacy . The film drew critical acclaim when it premiered at the 17th Busan International Film Festival and as it traveled the international film festival circuit , with particular praise for Cho 's nuanced script and use of lighting , as well as Kim Tae-woo and Ye Ji-won 's naturalistic acting
17th Busan International Film Festival
17th Busan International Film Festival
David Cho (director)