In Another Country Reviews

Miles 2022-03-04 08:02:07

"In a Foreign Land" tells the love story of a French woman (Isabel Huppert) who travels alone to the South Korean seaside in three similar but different time and space. Some iconic elements of Hong Sang-soo's films, such as the subtle emotions and awkward aesthetics in the long shots, and the...

Toney 2022-03-04 08:02:07

"In a Foreign Country" is the third time that South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has been shortlisted for the main competition at Cannes. As one of the representatives of Korean writer films, he has brought films to Cannes eight times, of which "Xia Xia Xia" won the "Un Certain Regard" award in...

Kale 2022-03-04 08:02:07

1. Lifeguard, Umbrella, Lighthouse, the anxiety about life was repeatedly emphasized. 2. "It's so beautiful" "Do you like it, I'll give it to you" "No need, I can buy it myself" but "I use this pen to write and draw, life is really inseparable from it" "Give it to me Okay" "Why are you doing this...

Janie 2022-03-04 08:02:07

This movie, played by South Korean director Hong Changxiu and French Huppert, is very neurotic, but the metaphor behind it is worth thinking about. ♤ Is there a beacon of life? ♤ Can a man save you? ♤ When a boy loves you, what is he in love with you? ♤ Showing the experiences of the three girls...

Demetrius 2022-03-04 08:02:07

This is a movie about the enlightenment, to be precise, the enlightenment of Hong Sang-soo. The first two stories ask questions, the latter one is for a Zen master to give the answer. In fact, the problem with the first two stories is pervasive in all Hong Sang-soo's films, namely people who lie,...

Ilene 2022-03-04 08:02:07

This story is very similar to Hong Sang-soo's previous work "Direction to North Village". In "Direction to North Village", a man encounters multiple women with the "same" face. Each woman has a different personality, but the ending is similar. The men leave in the end. In this film, Huppert, the...

Maud 2022-03-04 08:02:07

Not sure when it started, Hong Shangxiu had the privilege of only filming the bad things in the film circle around him. It seems that if you press a monitor on him, a series of interesting life films will fall out. After all, movie fans are always interested in the entertainment circle and the art...

Kaya 2022-03-04 08:02:07

1. For Chinese fans, some details in this movie should be cordial. For example, Koreans are flattering to the French woman played by Huppert, the awkward state of searching for English words and trying to communicate with them, restrained movements and pleasing gestures. The subconscious humility...

Glenna 2022-03-04 08:02:07

Three short stories are told by young female writers using the technique of drama within a play. The first story is that a French female director and a Korean couple went to the beach of the home port. Korean women who were expecting to give birth were very wary of French women. Korean men once...