DIRECTED BY Sang-soo Hong
STARRING Isabelle Huppert, Hae-hyo Kwon, Hye-young Lee, Yunhee Cho, Seong-guk Ha
COUNTRY Korea, Republic of
YEAR 2024
GENRE
CATEGORY Film performance
This woman who came from who knows where says she came from France. She was sitting on a bench in a neighborhood park, diligently playing a child’s recorder. With no money or means of supporting herself, she was advised to teach French. In that way she became a teacher to two Korean women. Nobody knows where the woman comes from. She is sitting on a park bench and diligently playing a child’s recorder. She says she is from France. With no money or means of supporting herself, she has been advised to teach French. This is how she comes to have two Korean women as her pupils. The woman likes to walk barefoot and to lie down on rocks. And when she is feeling up to it, she tries to see each instant in a non-verbal way and to live life as rationally as she can. But things remain as hard as ever. She relies on the Korean alcoholic drink of makgeolli to provide a bit of comfort every day.
