The South Korean master of awkwardness Hong Sang-soo is one of our favorite living filmmakers. His cinephile dramedy Tale of Cinema features the director’s signature complex romances and soju-soaked emotions, while following a meta-structure that delightfully points to cinema’s magical powers.
Hong Sang-soo’s playful cinematic triptych makes an inventive and deceptively carefree series of riffs on love, loss, and the many possibilities of life and art. This portrait of modern dating stars the amazing Isabelle Huppert in not one, but three roles!
Presented in a new restoration, Woman on the Beach opened Hong Sang-soo’s world to female characters, prefiguring his collaborations with Kim Min-hee. Subtly comedic and profoundly revealing about relationships between the genders, the film also pokes fun at the self-important artist at its center.
Hong Sang-soo’s delicate and tranquil Woman Is the Future of Man was the Korean master’s first feature to open theatrically in the U.S. following its Cannes premiere. A melancholic story of memory and longing, Hong uses his measured touch and mosaic of viewpoints to unearth candid human emotions.
Girato durante il Festival di Cannes, questa strana commedia ci offre la versione più leggera del coreano Hong Sang-soo: una parodia autoironica sul mondo del cinema con un’irresistibile Isabelle Huppert nei panni della francese per eccellenza, convinta che le polaroid possano cambiare la vita!
