Director
Hong Sang-soo
Composer
Hong Sang-soo
Cast
Lee Hye-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa
Edition 2022
92'
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2022
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Korean
South Korean director Hong Sang-soo sensually celebrates the pleasant coincidences of life. A new black-and-white, tragicomic gem from the auteur filmmaker who is expanding his impressive oeuvre year by year.
Jun-hee, a celebrated novelist suffers from writer's block and decides to make a film. She quickly finds an actor and a cameraman, but has no idea what she wants to tell. "The story is not important", she says to a friend. The Novelist's Film consists of a series of encounters Jun-hee has with: a friend with whom she is estranged and runs a bookshop, a celebrated director who has struggled with the adaptation of one of Jun-hee's novels, and a famous actress. What follows are conversations about art and life, about film and alcohol – obviously the latter is ever-present. The film – winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale – pleads for letting go and daring to do nothing. Something director (and screenwriter, producer, editor, cameraman and composer) Hong Sang-soo himself seems unable to do. This is his ninth film in five years.
“Working in unusually high-contrast black and white, The Novelist’s Film is a springy, slight treat that wryly comments on the filmmaking world. Hong Sang-soo eschews neat plotting and narrative arcs with another gorgeous, meandering film that’s rich with imperfect musings on life and art.” - Sight & Sound
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Credits
Directors
Hong Sang-soo
Composers
Hong Sang-soo
Cast
Lee Hye-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa
Scenario
Hong Sang-soo
Director of Photography
Hong Sang-soo
Editors
Hong Sang-soo
Producers
Hong Sang-soo
Production studios
Jeonwonsa Film
More info
Dialogue
Korean
Countries of production
South Korea
Year
2022