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Bookmark this pageNight and Day (2008)
Director: Hong Sang-Soo
Movie review
From Time Out Online
Hong – arguably Korea’s finest filmmaker of the last decade or so – makes his first feature away from home, chronicling the experiences of a middle-aged painter who holes up in a seedy Parisian hostel, anxious that he’ll be arrested for smoking dope if he returns to Korea. His desultory wanderings bring him into contact with a variety of other expats, including an old flame and an art-student and her flatmate who distract him from thoughts of his wife back in Seoul…Hong’s characteristically wry, astute dissection of the male psyche is perhaps a little overlong, but the leisurely pace fits both the gentle, compassionate tone and the overall directionlessness of the protagonist. If you don’t know Hong’s work, this is a good place to start; and if you enjoy Rohmer’s films, you’ll be perfectly comfortable here.
Author: Geoff Andrew
Time Out Online
Cast & crew
Director: Hong Sang-Soo
Cast: Kim Young-Ho, Park Eun-Hye, Hwang Su-Jung full cast
Duration: 143 mins
US Release: Oct 23 2009
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