Leave the Door Open (2021)

Shell-ebration of life and keeping the oceans clean!

Leave the Door Open is a short film by director Lee Ok Seop. This was ostensibly a Samsung commercial or at least funded by them. At six minutes long, there’s not much to review, especially since the English subtitles were not working in the version I watched, but I’ll give it a try.

Kim Hyang Gi is traveling home with her new refrigerator in the back of a pickup truck when it comes to a screeching halt due to a scallop in the road. She has pity on the shell and takes it to the ocean only to see the waves bringing in copious amounts of trash. Instead of abandoning the scallop she takes it home and refrigerator magic happens bringing more than just whimsy into her life!

This was cute, surreal, and also had a message about cleaning the oceans even if you had to drag Neptune out himself! Worth 6 minutes just to watch the short story of a girl and her shell living their best lives.

18 August 2026

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