Mul-an-e-seo

2023
1h 1m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

449

MA NOTE

Opens 12/1 at Metrograph in New York City.
Screening with Pedro Costa's THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE.

A trio of friends venture to the rocky shores of a large island to shoot a film together. The director, Seongmo (Shin Seokho), recently gave up acting and has decided to make a film with his own money. His former classmate, Sangguk (Ha Seongguk), will operate the camera and Namhee (Kim Seungyun) will act in it. The only problem: Seongmo hasn't decided what to make.

His most overtly experimental work to date, IN WATER reveals director Hong Sangsoo at the height of his allusory powers. The story is simple: three friends set out to make a film, and then they do it. But with bold formal choices and his signature impulse toward the uncanny, Hong evokes infinite mysteries and hints at whole worlds lurking below the surface of everyday reality.

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Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young actor explores the surroundings, waits for the right light to emerge and watches the horizon from the coast.A young actor explores the surroundings, waits for the right light to emerge and watches the horizon from the coast.A young actor explores the surroundings, waits for the right light to emerge and watches the horizon from the coast.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

449

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 3 nominations au total

Commentaire en vedette

3/10

Not All Gimmicks Work

"A director, a cinematographer, and an actress spend the days leading up to a movie shoot together on-location, waiting for the director to come up with an idea for what the film will be about."

Typical Hong Sang Soo. Relatively short, which is a blessing this time, because most of the time Hong's creative choices regarding framing, looping, repetition, time shifts, etcetera are, although gimmicky, somehow handled adeptly and work overall.

Here, the choice to shoot most of the film out of focus, supposedly as a representation of the protagonist's creative block and inability to focus on what exactly he wants, made the viewing experience annoying and distracting. Unlike his other films, this inhibited an involvement with the characters and storyline.