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On the Beach at Night Alone

Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja

2017

Hong Sang-soo

Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Jung Jae-young, Moon Sung-keun ...

6.4

2,059

Romance. Drama After an affair with a married man, celebrated actress Younghee decides to take some time out. She travels to the far-off, foreign city of Hamburg. In a conversation with a friend she asks herself if her lover will follow her and whether he misses her as much as she misses him. During her long walks through wintry parks and along riverbanks she attempts to become clear about her feelings and desires.

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A bittersweet character study as poignant, witty and deceptively slight as much of his work that also refurbishes it with a unique personal dimension."	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"An elegantly bisected character study of a young actress gradually coming to terms with the end of an affair"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A plotless but wryly likeable study of human emotions."	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"This is a spectacular, complex, mercurial performance so aligned with the weird isobars of Hong’s meteorology that it creates its own weather."	POS
United States	Kenji Fujishima Slant	"A melancholy air blows through every haunted frame (...) Hong presents all of this in touchingly direct fashion"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Hong Sang-soo simultaneously positions filmmaking as the ultimate act of atonement and evasion (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jason Bechervaise Screendaily	"Once Hong is back on home soil, the awkward encounters and conversations become more fascinating (...) [the] self-reflexive twist will delight his fans."	POS

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