The Novelist's Film

Drama/Everyday life, United States/South Korea 2022

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On a trip to a suburb of Seoul, the well-known writer Junhee meets old acquaintances by chance. The reunion with her fellow author Sewon, who runs a small bookshop there, is rather frosty: Junhee senses Sewon's envy of her success. The filmmaker Hyojin, on the other hand, wanted to turn one of Junhee's novels into a movie - and backed out shortly before filming was due to start. What is worse, however, is that Junhee has not published anything for a while and is in a crisis of meaning and creativity. When she meets the well-known actress Kilsoo on a walk, who is in a similar situation, the two immediately feel a connection. Junhee finally suggests to Kilsoo that they make a movie together ...
93 min
HD
FSK 0
Audio language:
Korean
Subtitles:
German

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival 2022 Grand Jury Prize Hong Sang-soo

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Director:

Hong Sang-soo

Composer:

Hong Sang-soo

Sound Design:

Seo Ji-hoon

Cast:

Lee Hye-young (Jun-hee)

Kim Min-hee (Gil-su)

Seo Young-hwa (Se-won)

Park Mi-so (Hyun-woo)

Kwon Hae-hyo (Hyo-jin)

Cho Yun-hee (Yang-joo)

Ki Joo-bong (Man-soo)

Original title:

So-seol-ga-ui Yeong-hwa

Original language:

Korean

Further titles:

소설가의 영화

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

Korean

Subtitles:

German