“Former filmmaker with only one friend in Seoul. Bar owner who resembles his ex. Former actor back from his business in Vietnam. Kind natured film critic with few words. Adventurous and decent film professor.” Now, that's what I call a great trailer!
You think I'm kidding? No, guys, I'm serious, here's the trailer for The Day He Arrives, project that comes from Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and that we'll soon have a chance to watch in Un Certain Regard category at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Check it out.
Movie stars Yu Jun-Sang, Song Seon-Mi, Baek Jong-Hak, Kim Sang-Jung and Kim Bo-Kyung. Here's a synopsis part:
“Sungjoon heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon area. When the friend doesn't answer his calls, Sungjoon wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them – Sungjoon used to be a film director.
He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend's house. Whether it's the next day or some other day, but Sungjoon is still wandering around Bukchon. He runs into the actress again. They talk and soon part. He eventually meets his friend and they head to a bar called Novel with a female professor his friend knows. The owner of the bar has a striking resemblance to Sungjoon's ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her. Whether it's the next day or some other day, Sungjoon goes to the Jeongdok Public Library with his friend and mentions that it was the first place he chased after a woman.
Later, they have drinks with a former actor who had been doing business in Vietnam. The same female professor joins them and the four go to the bar called Novel. Sungjoon gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub…Sungjoon may have spent a few days in Seoul with his friend, or it may still be his first day there. He may have learned something from the encounter with his ex-girlfriend, or may have to meet the woman that resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today's worth of time, Sungjoon also has no other choice than to face his “today”.”
Or, as some reports said, this one makes the separation of a social group look like a gathering. Kind of like memory, kind of like nostalgia. But the most interesting thing is definitely this backward-style that looks great.
Still, this is not such a surprise. After all, we remember that last year Hong Sang-soo took the Un Certain Regard prize for his Hahaha project.
Will he repeat that success?
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The Day He Arrives Trailer
