Though not fond of architecture, Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a bright girl who works at the city library (avoiding college and her future), and she shows him the local marvels.
In Columbus, John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson play out their own Lost in Translation: Two lost souls happen upon each other and strike up a connection in spite of their uncertainties about their futures.
While his father is in a coma, Jin finds himself stuck in an unusual Midwestern city renowned for its modernist buildings.
Columbus, the directorial debut of former Criterion video essayist Kogonada, opens August 4.