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Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)

Woman Is the Future of Man poster
Original title
여자는 남자의 미래다
Directed by
Hong Sang-soo
Genre
romance film, fiction film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R15+
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two old friends reunite after years apart. They set out to find a woman from their past, and their conversations reveal their regrets and desires.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnintimateunderstatednostalgicreflective

What happens

Woman Is the Future of Man (Korean: 여자는 남자의 미래다) is a 2004 South Korean film directed by Hong Sang-soo. The film was not a box-office hit, but was entered in the competition category of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and received screenings at several other festivals. The title of the film is a translation of a line from a poem by Louis Aragon that the director saw printed on a French postcard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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