Introduction

Introduction

2021 · 66 min · KO · 6.4 (35 votes)
Dir. Hong Sang-soo · Starring Shin Seok-ho, Park Mi-so, Kim Young-ho, Ye Ji-won, Ki Joo-bong, Seo Young-hwa · Music Hong Sang-soo
Drama

Youngho is summoned by his father, who is a doctor. Finding him busy with his patients, one of whom is a famous actor, Youngho has to wait. When his girlfriend Juwon moves to Berlin for her studies, Youngho shows up in the city to surprise her. Through her mother, Juwon has found accommodation at the home of an artist whose beauty intimidates her. Some time later, Youngho goes to lunch with his mother who wants to introduce him to a colleague – it is the same man Youngho met at his father’s clinic. Youngho asks his friend Jeongsoo to accompany him, and after lunch they go to the beach. Youngho falls asleep, and dreams of Juwon. When he wakes up, he braves the considerable cold and goes swimming, while Jeongsoo watches.

VIBE

This film feels like a quiet, contemplative exhale. It’s a gentle exploration of unspoken feelings and the subtle nuances of human connection, best savored in solitude.

melancholicintrospectiveawkwardtenderslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivennaturalisticdialogue-heavyfamilycommunicationrelationshipsexistentialism
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