The Novelist's Film (2022)

Original title

소설가의 영화

Directed by

Hong Sang-soo

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A novelist takes a walk and runs into an old friend and later a film director she admires. They have long talks about art and honesty over drinks and meals.

contemplativegentleconversationalintimatepoeticunderstatedmeditative

What happens

The Novelist's Film (Korean: 소설가의 영화; RR: Soseolgaui yeonghwa) is a 2022 South Korean black and white drama film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored and edited by Hong Sang-soo. The Novelist's Film, starring Lee Hye-young and Kim Min-hee, was described as the film that "celebrates the beauty of chance encounters, while talking about the importance of authenticity in the dishonest world of cinema" by the executive director Carlo Chatrian of 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it premiered in the competition section on February 16, 2022. It is the third consecutive year that Hong Sang-soo has been invited to the festival. The film won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the festival, which is the 4th for Sang-soo. It was released theatrically in South Korea on April 21, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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