Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
On the Beach at Night Alone
A melancholy air blows through every haunted frame of Hong Sangsoo’s film and it’s a feeling wholly appropriate to evoking the headspace of its main character, Younghee. A former actress currently taking a professional break after an affair with a married filmmaker ended badly, Younghee is seen in the film’s first part wandering around Hamburg with an older friend, Jee-young, talking about their romantic desires and regrets with remarkable frankness. And the second part sees Younghee meeting with various friends back in her home city of Gangneung, in a series of scenes which reveal the character’s volatile mix of burning resentment and brutal self-awareness.
Much of the fascination of BAMUI HAEBYUN-EOSEO HONJA lies in seeing Younghee, in these two different settings, internally trying to work out a way to move on from her heartbreak. (Fujishima Kenji)
- Kim Minhee - Younghee
- Seo Younghwa - Jeeyoung
- Jung Jaeyoung - Myungsoo
- Moon Sungkeun - Sangwon
- Kwon Haehyo - Chunwoo
- Hong Sangsoo
- Kim Hyungkoo
- Park Hongyeol
- Song Yeajin
- Kim Mir
- Hahm Sungwon
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