Reviewing Hong Sang-soo’s films is actually an effort in finding the elements that separate each movie from the rest, since the Korean’s oeuvre is rather homogenous. This time, the difference derives from some role-reversals elements, and the function of the female protagonists in the narrative, who, in this case, frequently act as men.
Woman on the Beach is streaming on Mubi
Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from their homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South Korea. Chang-wook initially resists, but accepts the request on the condition that he can bring Kim Mun-suk, a composer and aspiring singer whom he describes as being his girlfriend. Jung-rae is writing a treatment for a film titled “About Miracles,” concerning the mysterious connections that secure everyday life. That Jung-rae does not care particularly that
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Woman on the Beach is streaming on Mubi
Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from their homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South Korea. Chang-wook initially resists, but accepts the request on the condition that he can bring Kim Mun-suk, a composer and aspiring singer whom he describes as being his girlfriend. Jung-rae is writing a treatment for a film titled “About Miracles,” concerning the mysterious connections that secure everyday life. That Jung-rae does not care particularly that
