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Tale of Cinema

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6.8
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Original title
Geuk jang jeonaka
AKA
  • Tale of Cinema
Year
Running time
89 min.
Country
South Korea South Korea
Director
Screenwriter
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Cinematography
Producer
Co-production South Korea-France;
Genre
Drama | Film In Film
Synopsis
In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her : she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
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Awards
2005: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
Critics' reviews
  • "There are filmmakers lurking here, and their involvement in the unfolding action highlights Hong's multilayered, self-deprecating self-portrait-and his ambivalent view of a milieu that is inescapably his own."
  • "Hong, who reportedly always carries a notebook with him, is an excellent observer of the minutiae of daily life"
  • "Hong's film is simply told but resonates with profound meaning."
  • "This one has a sheer simplicity and clarity."
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User history
Tale of Cinema
2005
Hong Sang-soo
6.8
(556)
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