The 24th feature from Hong Sangsoo, THE WOMAN WHO RAN follows Gamhee (Kim Minhee), who has three separate encounters with friends while her husband is on a business trip. Youngsoon (Seo Youngwha) is divorced, has given up meat and likes to garden in her backyard. Suyoung (Song Seonmi) has a crush on her architect neighbor and is being hounded by a young poet she met at the bar. Woojin (Kim Saebyuk) works for a movie theater. Their meeting is polite, but strained. Before long, their shared history bubbles to the surface.
With characteristic humor and grace, Hong takes a simple premise and spins a web of interconnecting philosophies and coincidences. THE WOMAN WHO RAN is a subtle, powerful look at dramas small and large faced by women everywhere.
"South Korean writer-director Hong Sang-soo makes deceptively simple films that become more complicated upon consideration, and no less is the case with his 24th feature." - Kathleen Sachs, Chicago Reader
- Year2020
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageKorean with English subtitles
- CountrySouth Korea
- Premiere2020 Berlin Film Festival
- DirectorHong Sang-soo
- ScreenwriterHong Sang-soo
- ProducerJeonwonsa Film Co.
- CastKim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Song Seonmi, Kim Saebyuk, Lee Eunmi, Kwon Haeyo, Shin Seokho and Ha Seongguk
- CinematographerKim Sumin
- EditorHong Sang-soo
- MusicHong Sang-soo
The 24th feature from Hong Sangsoo, THE WOMAN WHO RAN follows Gamhee (Kim Minhee), who has three separate encounters with friends while her husband is on a business trip. Youngsoon (Seo Youngwha) is divorced, has given up meat and likes to garden in her backyard. Suyoung (Song Seonmi) has a crush on her architect neighbor and is being hounded by a young poet she met at the bar. Woojin (Kim Saebyuk) works for a movie theater. Their meeting is polite, but strained. Before long, their shared history bubbles to the surface.
With characteristic humor and grace, Hong takes a simple premise and spins a web of interconnecting philosophies and coincidences. THE WOMAN WHO RAN is a subtle, powerful look at dramas small and large faced by women everywhere.
"South Korean writer-director Hong Sang-soo makes deceptively simple films that become more complicated upon consideration, and no less is the case with his 24th feature." - Kathleen Sachs, Chicago Reader
- Year2020
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageKorean with English subtitles
- CountrySouth Korea
- Premiere2020 Berlin Film Festival
- DirectorHong Sang-soo
- ScreenwriterHong Sang-soo
- ProducerJeonwonsa Film Co.
- CastKim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Song Seonmi, Kim Saebyuk, Lee Eunmi, Kwon Haeyo, Shin Seokho and Ha Seongguk
- CinematographerKim Sumin
- EditorHong Sang-soo
- MusicHong Sang-soo