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  • 2008
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
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  • 2008
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Summary Joong Rae goes on a road trip to the west coast with his friend Chang Wook and Chang Wook's girlfriend Moon Suk. In the beautiful beach setting of Shinduri, Joong Rae and Moon Suk find themselves attracted to each other and spend a passionate night together. But where does life go the morning after? [TigerCinema]

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

  • 2008
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 7 m

Woman on the Beach

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Summary Joong Rae goes on a road trip to the west coast with his friend Chang Wook and Chang Wook's girlfriend Moon Suk. In the beautiful beach setting of Shinduri, Joong Rae and Moon Suk find themselves attracted to each other and spend a passionate night together. But where does life go the morning after? [TigerCinema]

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

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The film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent.
By Richard James Havis FULL REVIEW
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Woman On The Beach is a stripped-down, witty explication of how we all get stymied by the impulses and options inherent in the simple act of living.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
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Accessible, and often funny.
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A South Korean romantic comedy by Hong Sang-soo, who has been likened in style to France's venerable Eric Rohmer.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
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Dry, wry, difficult-to-capture comedy.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
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Albeit not as textured as Hong's past few films, Woman on the Beach is no less engrossing--a rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
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The two-part film focuses on Jung-rae's one-night stand with the protégée of a colleague he invites to his seaside retreat, and then with a second woman who merely reminds him how much he liked the first. The scenery's great and the performances adequate, but wake me when it's over.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW

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Production Company B.O.M. Film Productions Co., C&S International, Jeonwonsa Film, Max Venture Capital, Mirovision
Release Date Jan 9, 2008
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.filmbom.com/womanonthebeach/
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Awards

Cine21
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
Busan Film Critics Association (BCFA)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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