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On the Beach at Night Alone
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Wikipedia article
'On the Beach at Night Alone' is a 2017 South Korean drama film written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.
Plot
Young-hee is a washed up actress who is stressed by a relationship with a married man in Korea. On the beach she wonders: Is he missing me, like I miss him?
Cast
*Kim Min-hee as Young-hee
*Seo Young-hwa as Jee-young
*Kwon Hae-hyo as Chun-woo
*Jung Jae-young as Myung-soo
*Song Seon-mi as Jun-hee
*Moon Sung-keun as Sang-won
*Ahn Jae-hong as Seung-hee
*Park Yea-ju as Do-hee
*Gong Min-jeung as Ma-ri
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "'On the Beach at Night Alone' finds writer-director Sang-soo Hong working in a more personal veinwithout losing the singular sensibilities that have informed much of his acclaimed earlier work. On Metacritic, the film holds an average rating of 80 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.
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