Stephanie Ahn’s Bedford Park is a quiet, slow-burn romantic drama

Collider calls Stephanie Ahn’s debut feature Bedford Park a beautiful, slow-burn romantic drama that premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and stars Moon Choi and Son Sukku.

The film follows Audrey (Moon Choi), an unfulfilled physical therapist haunted by a demanding mother, an alcoholic father, an irresponsible brother and fertility struggles, and Eli (Son Sukku), a thirty-something community college student who was taken in by a white family after his mother died at age 10, looks after elderly neighbors and has a young daughter. Their lives collide after a car accident involving Audrey’s mother, leading from a comic fruit-basket dispute to a medical emergency that forces vulnerability and care. The review highlights the film’s gentle enemies-to-lovers arc, quiet chemistry, cultural conversations and its most affecting silent moments, with flashbacks that reveal shared wounds.

The review praises the central romance and the leads’ understated performances but argues several subplots — including Audrey’s interest in photography, Eli’s relationship with his daughter and broader questions of parenthood — are thinly sketched, leaving the ending feeling rushed. Bedford Park runs 121 minutes and was released January 24, 2026; despite those shortcomings the film is described as a lovely, moving debut.

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