Woman on the Beach

Woman on the Beach

South Korea / 2006 / 127 minutes / NR

Filmmaker Joong-rae, suffering from writer’s block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer Chang-wook, who brings along the vivacious Moon-sook. Soon after their arrival, Moon-sook falls for Joong-rae’s advances; however, the fickle hero can’t commit and he awkwardly parts with her. What had been a sardonic Jules and Jim turns into a burlesque Vertigo when Joong-rae returns to the coastal resort and attempts to recreate the original romance with a woman who resembles Moon-sook, until his jilted lover shows up…

 

A new 4K restoration completed by the Korean Film Archive from the original 35mm negative.

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  • “A wicked comedy of manners.”

    — A.O. Scott, The New York Times

  • “A bittersweet accounting of the geography of desire... Wry and tender and delicately melancholic... shows a newly confident filmmaker again working near the top of his form.”

    — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

  • “An immaculately constructed movie. A rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment.”

    — J. Hoberman, Village Voice

  • “A wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama. Perhaps the greatest achievement lies in its rhythms, the way it beautifully captures the natural flow of ongoing conversation.”

    — Todd McCarthy, Variety

  • "A marvelously acted and memorably atmospheric picture."

    — Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

  • "Reminiscent of Godard's Contempt, but writer-director Hong Sang-soo — South Korea's foremost chronicler of romantic maneuvering — is more aptly compared to Eric Rohmer for his subtle comedy."

    — J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

  • "A cinematic tightrope artist: he’s a director whose films walk the fine line between the heaven and hell of the quotidian."

    — Chris Chang, Film Comment
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