The Woman In The White Car, a South Korean psychological thriller, was named Best International Feature at the 22nd San Diego International Film Festival. The film previously made waves at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), where it earned the Fantastic Actor Award for Jung Ryeo-won and the Watcha’s Pick: Feature honor.

It was also selected for the Thrill category at the 66th BFI London Film Festival, further cementing its impact as a standout in the Korean psychological thriller genre.

Starring two of Korea’s most respected actresses, Jung Ryeo-won (My Name is Kim Sam Soon) and Lee Jung-eun (Parasite), The Woman In The White Car follows a tense confrontation between two women entangled in a spiral of truth, memory, and guilt.

The film slowly unveils layers of suspense, revealing a web of lies that gradually shift the entire narrative. At the center of the story is Do Kyung (played by Jung Ryeo-won), a best-selling author known for her deep psychological insights. Beneath her glamorous literary success, however, lies a deeply troubled and isolated woman scarred by psychological trauma.

The Woman In The White Car adopts a layered storytelling style, where each new development helps unravel the previous one, keeping audiences psychologically engaged throughout.

According to Film Obsessive, the film is “fresh and bold,” while Cine Outsider called it “a brilliantly crafted detective story with ruthlessly clever design.”

In South Korea, critics have praised the film as an impressive directorial debut by Christine Ko. Sports Hankook lauded it as “a meticulously crafted thriller with a unique structure and top-tier performances,” and OSEN described it as “a detective novel in visual form, soaked in blood and featuring a gripping dynamic between Jung Ryeo-won and Lee Jung-eun.”

Huyen My