HOTEL BY THE RIVER
[GANGBYUN HOTEL 강변 호텔]
Hong Sangsoo's 23rd feature follows two interconnected storylines set in and around a quiet hotel in winter. In one, an aging poet (Ki Joo-bong) is visited by his estranged adult sons. In the other, a young woman (Kim Min-hee, GRASS, ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE), with an unexplained wound on her hand, holes up with a friend to recover from a bad breakup. HOTEL BY THE RIVER prompted Giovanna Fulvi of the Toronto International Film Festival to enthuse, "Hong Sangsoo possesses a singular mastery for blending the mundane with the cosmic and the minutiae of human foibles with ageless queries into the riddles of time's passage." (Note courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art.) DIR/SCR/PROD Hong Sangsoo. South Korea, 2018, b&w, 96 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, May 26, 2024
Genre: Drama
