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The painter Young-soo personal life is in trouble. His mother is ill and he has just learned that Minjung, his girlfriend, went for drinks in the company of an unknown man. When he confronts her, she says she needs a break. The day after, he comes back, but cannot find his girlfriend. He then crosses paths with several women with some sort of resemblance to Minjung. And all of them are on their way to romantic dates. Are these various versions of Minjung seeking single men in the area to replace Young-soo? Latest film by director Hong Sang-soo. Toronto 2016.
Hong Sang-soo
1961, Seoul, South Korea. Selected filmography: Woman Is the Future of Man (Cannes, 2004), Tale of Cinema (Cannes, 2005), Night and Day (Berlin, 2008), Hahaha (best film at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, 2010), The Day He Arrives (Cannes, 2011), In Another Country (Cannes, 2012), Our Sunhi (best director at Locarno, 2013), Hill of Freedom (Venice, 2014) and Right Now, Wrong Then (best film and best actor at Locarno, 2015).
