Hong Sangsoo Teams Up with KIM Min-hee for 5th Joint Project

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THE DAY AFTER Director Begins Production on 22nd Film

Prolific auteur Hong Sangsoo and his muse KIM Min-hee started production at the beginning of September on what will be their fifth collaboration, which is the director’s 22nd film overall. The film’s storyline is being kept under wraps but it will co-star JUNG Jin-young, KWON Hae-hyo and KIM Saebyuk, who have all featured in other Hong films this year.

2017 was an especially busy year for Hong, as he premiered three new films at the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals, all of which featured KIM. The first was On the Beach at Night Alone, for which KIM earned the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival. A few months later Hon scored a rare double invite to the Cannes Film Festival with both The Day After, which screened in competition, and Claire’s Camera, which was invited as a special screening and co-starred Isabelle Huppert.

Hong and KIM began their working relationship in 2015 with Right Now, Wrong Then, which co-starred JUNG Jae-young. The film debuted at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it earned the Golden Leopard, its top prize. KIM won the Best Actress prize from the Busan Film Critics Association Awards for her part in the film.

Meanwhile, KWON Hae-hyo featured in On the Beach at Night Alone, The Day After and last year’s Yourself and Yours. His first Hong film was In Another Country in 2012.

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