2017 · drama · korean
On the Beach at Night Alone
Directed by Hong Sang-soo1h 41m2017
In a foreign city, an actress wanders through a seaside town, reflecting on her relationship with a married man. How important is love in one’s life? Younghee wants to find out.
Our read: On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · korean entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama / korean, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- gentle
- intimate
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