By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Kim Min-hee | Lee Hye-yeong | Mi-So Park | Seo Younghwa | Yunhee Cho
Original language title: So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa
Year: 2023
Running time: 92
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17146978/reference/
Diane says: “A short but meaty film by Hong Sang-soo: in a suburb of Seoul, a novelist—whose best books may be behind her—visits an old colleague who has given up writing, and serendipitously encounters a filmmaker who’s happy to have lost his drive, a poet who’s lost his fire, an actor who’s taking a break from acting. Through their awkward or lightly contentious conversations, these creatives invite us to ponder artistic satisfaction, motivation, loss of ambition, the role of fellow artists. A subtle ending is good fodder for discussion. 4 cats.”