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Dominican Rep. Woman on the Beach
- Original title
- Haebyonui yeoin (Woman on the Beach)
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 127 min.
- Country
South Korea- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Choi Ban-ya
Go Hyun-jung
Jeong Chan
Oh Tae-kyung
Kim Seung-woo
Moon Sung-keun
Lee Ki-woo
Kim Tae-woo
Song Seon-mi- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- A filmmaker, trying to complete a script, stumbles into relationships with two women during a stay at an off-season seaside resort. The affairs reveal the patterns of destructive behavior that define his romantic relationships—and generate material for the new film. Even for director Hong Sang-soo’s many admirers, his new film turns out to be an unexpected delight—the most sheerly enjoyable and satisfying film of his career. Even as Woman on the Beach brilliantly explores one of Hong’s enduring themes—the Korean male psyche in all its willfulness, anger and self-contempt—it brings its female characters to the forefront in a revelatory new way.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2007: Mar del Plata International Film Festival: Best Director. 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"'Woman On The Beach' is a stripped-down, witty explication of how we all get stymied by the impulses and options inherent in the simple act of living."
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"A wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama."
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"The film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent."
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"Albeit not as textured as Hong's past few films, Woman on the Beach is no less engrossing--a rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment."
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