She has just finished the shoot of an independent film and now has to give three interviews about it. Afterwards, in her acting class, her teacher asks her to reenact the interviews. But for some reason, she is unable to remember them.

A young poet drops his girlfriend off at her parents' house and is amazed by its size. He bumps into her father, meets her mother and sister, and they all end up spending a long day together; fueled by conversation, food and libations.

After a scandal breaks out among several students involved in the production of a skit, a lecturer at a South Korean women’s college brings in her uncle, a famous actor, to bring the work to fruition.

2024 film by Hong Sang-soo

Recently returned to South Korea, an actress in her forties is staying with her friend and her cat. Meanwhile, an aging poet in declining health lives alone after the death of his own cat. One day, each receives a visit from a different young aspiring artist, who come equipped with questions about their careers and life itself.

“我否定陈词滥调的东西，我追求可爱的东西。” 【编辑推荐】 ★洪常秀电影访谈与评论首度引进 洪常秀的电影无论在韩国还是在世界影坛都独树一帜，与侯孝贤、蔡明亮、阿彼察邦等亚洲“极简主义”导演处于同列，却又从时间碎片中变幻出无尽的可能 ★洪常秀导演生涯初期回顾，理解“洪氏元素”的源头 《猪堕井那天》1996年一鸣惊人，迷茫、晃荡的男人女人，偶然事件制造的不稳定状态，洪常秀一生都在拍“一部作品” ★韩国影评人许文暎执笔，收录知名电影研究者《世界电影史》作者大卫·波德维尔与法国导演克莱尔·德尼分析文章 【内容简介】 洪常秀是独树一帜的韩国导演，自1996年以来凭借不竭的创造力拍出近30部电影，但仿佛一直在“重复”同一部作品。俭省的场景与复杂的结构，迷茫的男人与独立的女人晃荡、喝酒、缠绵，一条金鱼出现的偶然事件制造的暧昧和不稳定状态，洪氏元素早早确立，却在错位的时间里变换出无尽的可能，显示导演的成熟与省思。 本书回溯洪常秀导演生涯初期阶段，通过访谈记录其沿用至今的创作方法与电影观念，并收录著名电影理论家大卫·波德维尔和法国导演克莱尔·德尼的评论文章，带领读者进一步理解洪常秀的电影宇宙。 “洪常秀的电影让我意识到电影的全新可能。他的电影展现出精湛的叙事才能。”——马丁·斯科塞斯

A young man who previously focused on acting suddenly decides to test his creativity, setting out to direct a short film with his own money. Together with two former classmates he arrives on a large island known for its rocks and wind. Not sure what he wants to shoot, the young man goes out wandering here and there with the other two for the entire day. Then on the coast he sees a woman picking up trash on her own, and impressed by her volunteer effort, he has a short conversation with her. Finally, thanks to that meeting he is able to create a story…

2022 film by Hong Sang-soo

2022 film directed by Hong Sang-soo

2021 film directed by Hong Sang-soo

2021 film directed by Hong Sang-soo

A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.

2010 film directed by Hong Sang-soo

Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists.

When filmmaker Young-soo introduces writer Soo-jung to his friend Jae-hoon, he unintentionally creates a love triangle. While Jae-hoon pursues Soo-jung, Young-soo clashes with his crew. Yet, just as the story appears to end, it starts all over again, this time with plenty of variations.

As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.

While a South Korean man wanders the city in search of the woman he just broke up with, she successively meets and flirts with two men who claim to have met her before.

Sunhi, a film major graduate, visits her school to ask her Professor Choi for a recommendation letter to study in U.S. Knowing the professor favors her, she expects a good recommendation from him. Out from her shell after a long time, Sunhi also ends up meeting two men from her past: Munsu, her ex-boy friend, and Jaehak, a director who graduated from the same film school. Through the encounters between Sunhi and the three men, they give each other an 'advice on life' with good intentions. The three men who all have strong interests in her are led to guess and define her, unable to tell how she really feels inside. Strangely, the mentioned advices and traits of her are similar and seem to pass from one person to the next. The words of 'advice on life' seem doubtable and slip away as the three men's thoughts on Sunhi become more and more irrelevant.

Hae-won, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seong-jun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Hae-won seeks out Seong-jun again after a long time. That day, they run into her classmates at a restaurant and their relationship gets revealed. Hae-won gets more agitated and Seong-jun makes an extreme suggestion to run away together.

Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much older professor.