Tag: In Front of Your Face
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‘In Front of Your Face’ Trailer: Hong Sang-soo Returns with His Latest Meta Drama
Anytime Hong Sang-soo releases a new film, it’s cause for celebration. The South Korean auteur behind modern classics such as “Woman Is the Future of Man” and “Right Now, Wrong Then” is one of the most unique voices in world cinema.He works at an extremely prolific pace while consistently exploring compelling themes such as sexuality,…
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Hong Sang-soo’s Third Successive Berlin Competition Title ‘The Novelist’s Film’ Picked up by Finecut
Leading indie sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to “The Novelist’s Film.” The picture marks the third year in a row that South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has had a film selected for competition in Berlin.Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a…
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‘In Front of Your Face’ Review: The Difference Is in the Details in Hong Sangsoo’s Latest
Hong Sangsoo characters have a habit of — you might even say a genius for — diffidence in the face of profundity. In that way, they’re very like the films in which they appear: outwardly casual, slight, polite, holding pain and truth and existential observation in check with an airy gesture, a sad smile or,…
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‘In Front Of Your Face’: Hong Sang-soo Poignant Drama Asks How To Live Happily In The Past, Present & Future [Cannes Review]
Not even a global pandemic could stop prolific South Korean director Hong Sangsoo, but his latest film deals with ideas and tensions that echo questions and perspectives brought to the surface by this global health crisis. Playing in the Cannes Premiere section of this year’s Festival de Cannes, “In Front of Your Face” only slowly…