In Front of Your Face

In Front of Your Face

Director: Hong Sangsoo

Country: South Korea

Year: 2021

Running Time: 85 minutes

Producer: Hong Sangsoo

Starring: Cho Yunhee, Kwon Haehyo, Shin Seokho, Kim Saebyuk, Ha Seongguk, Seo Younghwa, Lee Eunmi, Kang Yiseo, Kim Siha

Synopsis:

She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of bursts in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming reaccustomed to life in korea. While seeming to keep a grave secret to herself, she manages life one day at a time with a sense of mindfulness. Meanwhile a certain director, some years younger than her, has asked her to join his project, and after a polite refusal, they have agreed to meet for the first time today. Downtown Seoul is filled with narrow alleys that harbor tiny old bars, and that’s where they meet. As they are getting drunk, there is sudden rainfall and thunder.

Director’s Biography:

Hong Sangsoo was born in Seoul, South Korea on October 25, 1960 and studied at Chungang University, California College of Arts, the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Sangsoo made the first feature film in 1996 and since then he has made 24 feature films and a few short films. He is currently teaching at Konkuk University in Seoul.