An actress wanders around a seaside town, pondering her relationship with a married man.
31 March 1986, South Korea
21 November 1971, South Korea
28 May 1953, Tokyo, Japan
1 March 1982, South Korea
6 November 1965, Seoul, South Korea
February 24, 1976 in South Korea
1968, South Korea
13 September 1976, Pusan, South Korea
March 13, 2017
Every one of Hong Sang-soo's efforts has their delights.February 16, 2017
Unfussy in form, open in expression and gentle in reach as its maker revisits such recurring preoccupations as loneliness, regret and the value of love in life and art.September 13, 2017
In the film, Hong Sang-soo simultaneously positions filmmaking as the ultimate act of atonement and evasion.February 22, 2017
In its quiet, pensive manner, the movie plays like a cogent stanza in the ever-flowing lyricism of Hong's career.July 20, 2017
Beneath the recognisably familiarity of [Hong's] many trademarks lurks a portrait of lust, love and longing.February 16, 2017
The new film by the great Korean director has a plot with many autobiographical tints and is perhaps the most frank, direct and emotional of his entire career. [Full review in Spanish]February 16, 2017
"On The Beach At Night Alone" feels like it will be exceptional even for longtime diehard Hong Sang-Soo fans.February 17, 2017
A melancholy air blows through every haunted frame of Hong Sang-soo's On the Beach at Night Alone.February 17, 2017
It's a self-aware film in many ways, and perhaps a self-deprecating one for a director who's never shied away from putting his own lesser angels on screen.February 16, 2017
The striking similarities between this film - about an actress who has an affair with a married film director - and the intense local speculation surrounding Hong's own private life distinguishes it from the renowned auteur's other work.February 16, 2017
A plotless but wryly likeable study of human emotions.April 04, 2017
It'll likely take a diehard Hong fan to truly admire this dreamily scripted fare, lacking as it does the writer-director's usually rigorous musing on fate and perception.