HONG SANG SOO

The ultimate key film of Hong Sang-soo's first period, it kicks off the director's obsession with interconnected stories in his cinema, exploring the human condition through compellingly simple circumstances and ordinary interactions. — In a movie within a movie, a young man and his first girlfriend make a suicide pact. But after the screening, the scene changes. A director in search of success recognizes the film's leading lady. He follows her and develops an obsessive desire... — Official Selection | Cannes Film Festival | 2005

With an elegance and humour previously seen in Woody Allen's films, South Korean Hong Sang-soo shows his unique ability to say everything about modern human relationships in 90 minutes, through a series of humorous indoor coincidences. — A quartet of characters become embroiled in romantic adventures when the wife of a small publishing house owner discovers a letter addressed to another woman. — Official Selection - International Competition | Cannes Film Festival | 2017 Official Selection - International Competition | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2017

The closest thing to Rohmer that Korean cinema has ever produced, the prolific Hong Sang-soo helms one of his best works, a sweet and melancholy observation on the lives we have or have not lived. Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin Film Festival. — When her husband leaves on business, Gamhee meets three friends living in different parts of the Seoul metropolis during an exciting 24-hour period. — Silver Bear for Best Director | Berlin Film Festival | 2020 Special Mention for Best FIlm | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2020