Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)

A married film director falls for a young painter - twice.

Director:

Sang-soo Hong

Writer:

Sang-soo Hong

Stars:

Jae-yeong Jeong, Min-hee Kim, Yuh-jung Youn

15 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jae-yeong Jeong	...	Ham Cheon-soo
Min-hee Kim	...	Yoon Hee-jeong
Yuh-jung Youn	...	Duk-soo Kang (as Yeo-jeong Yoon)
Ju-bong Gi	...	Won-ho Kim
Hwa-Jeong Choi	...	Soo-young Bang
Joon-Sang Yoo	...	Seong-gook Ahn
Young-hwa Seo	...	Yeong-sil Joo
Ko Asung	...	Bo-ra Yeom (as Ah-sung Ko)

Storyline

Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, he stops by a restored, old palace and meets a fledgling artist. She's never seen any of his films, but knows he's famous. They talk. And together, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi and Soju. More conversation follows, and drinks, and then an awkward get-together with friends where all sorts of secrets are revealed. All the while, they may or may not be falling for each other. Then, quite unexpectedly, we begin again, but now things appear somewhat different.

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Plot Keywords:

south korea | ice skating rink | winter | drinking coffee | drinking tea | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since there is a narrative gimmick to the way the story unfolds, Hong Sang-soo shot the first part of the film, edited it, and then showed it to the actors, so the actors were aware of how the situation was structured, even if their characters in the second part are not. Then he began shooting the second part.

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Quotes

Ham Cheon-soo: Try to discover something every second of every day, from everything around you.

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Crazy Credits

Title card of the film is seen twice. In the first place, it reads as 'Right Then, Wrong Now'; and in the second (an hour into the film) as 'Right Now, Wrong Then'.

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Connections

References It's a Free World... (2007)

User Reviews

Below the usual quality of South Korean films

Contrary to the many Korean films I have seen lately, in which the originality, the creativity, the excellence of the stories and the great representations generally prevail, in this film all these aspects fell short of my expectations. I expected a lot more, not least because the little synopsis I read about the film was quite promising. In recent times, this was the first Korean film that deceived me. I did not feel special empathy for any character and found the performances at a level below what is normal for Korean actors and actresses.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

24 September 2015 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Right Now, Wrong Then

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,291, 26 June 2016

Gross USA:

$24,470

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$680,728

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jeonwonsa Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1