Home Sweet Home: Single, Successful, and Lonely

He's got his own one-bedroom apartment with a view. He's got a housekeeper who also preps his meals then leaves them in the fridge. His admiring co-worker brings him coffee in the morning. Oh, yes, this man has it all except for one thing: a meaningful relationship. Does he know this? Not really. I mean, not until the day he leaves work early, potentially to start a long-overdue vacation. But those tickets to somewhere promise less relief once he discovers that his domestic help is using his fancy flat as a crash pad for sex with a carefree spirit who likes to take showers with her.

Director Kim Seok-tae's Home Sweet Home is another reminder that if your work is your everything, you might be left with nothing when you're not there. So will this unlucky businessman start his own affair with the housekeeper? Given her refusal to even staying after work to share a meal, the likelihood is slim to none. Also, he's probably more in need of a therapist than a romp or a romance, when you factor in the baby booties (discovered by his maid on a shelf) that have no corresponding infant or mother-to-be. If this sounds depressing, there's a good reason for that. It is. Home Sweet Home is an 18-minute short film for viewers looking for a story with minimal dialogue and even less hope.