2013 TIFF -- ( 4) Our Sunhi

이 영화는 평범한 이야기를 재미있게 배치한 단순한 영화다. 세명의 서로다른 세대의 남자가 여학생 선희에 대해 이야기를 하는...이쁜 여학생을 싫어하는 남자는 없다. 그안에서 여자로서보다는 개인의 인격체로서 성장하기위해 노력하지만 여자로서의 아름다운 꽃으로 살아갈수 밖에 없다는 생각이 든다.

Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s latest is a smart, resonant coming-of-age comedy about an aspiring young filmmaker who becomes the object of desire for three very different men.

Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo's films are so fleet they can seem almost effortless. Yet they are meticulously crafted, precise in their observations of human nature. Each of Hong's works bears his unmistakable signature, yet feels fresh and inspired. Employing a crisp, tripartite structure, with more than half of the story unfolding in restaurants, coffee houses and taverns, Hong's latest satisfies the viewer like a three-course meal. on the menu this time: soju, beer and chicken. Not to mention longing, indecision and comical confusion.

The titular heroine of Our Sunhi (Jeong Yu-mi) is the sun around which all of the film's supporting characters orbit. An aspiring filmmaker who is considering moving abroad to continue her studies, Sunhi becomes the object of desire for three different men, two of them older, ostensibly wiser mentor figures, the third an annoying but well-meaning ex-boyfriend. As Our Sunhi progresses, via extensive, alcohol fuelled conversations, each of these men will make some headway toward their goal of becoming Sunhi's lover — though no one of them knows to what extent the others share that goal.

Once again, Hong skilfully maps out a small social network, one inevitably fraught with struggles over desire, and individuals projecting all sorts of ideas and emotions onto each other. Sunhi, still young, still forming, seems to seek the company of someone who can reflect back to her all the things about herself that she has yet to fully understand. This is what makes Our Sunhi a true coming-of-age tale — and a witty, insightful one at that. 

Giovanna Fulvi

Director Biography

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  • Hong Sang-soo
  • Hong Sang-soo was born in Seoul. He studied at Chung-Ang University, the California College of Arts and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His films include The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (96), Woman on the Beach (06), Oki's Movie (10), The Day He Arrives (11), In Another Country (12), and Our Sunhi (13), many of which have screened at the Festival