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  • 2021
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2021
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 17 m
The Woman Who Ran

Summary While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee (Kim Minhee) has three separate encounters with friends. Youngsoon (Seo Youngwha) is divorced, has given up meat and likes to garden in her backyard. Suyoung (Song Seonmi) has a crush on her architect neighbor and is being hounded by a young poet she met at the bar. Woojin (Kim Saebyuk) wor...

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

  • 2021
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2021
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 17 m

The Woman Who Ran

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee (Kim Minhee) has three separate encounters with friends. Youngsoon (Seo Youngwha) is divorced, has given up meat and likes to garden in her backyard. Suyoung (Song Seonmi) has a crush on her architect neighbor and is being hounded by a young poet she met at the bar. Woojin (Kim Saebyuk) wor...

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

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Universal Acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 8, 2021
Even great and prolific directors have high points, and this film is one of Hong’s best; its form relies on disturbing ironies to approach one of the mightiest of subjects—the nature of happiness and, in particular, a happy marriage, from the perspective of a married woman.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 14, 2020
In The Woman Who Ran, Hong lets go of all vanity and gives Kim a well-deserved spotlight. With Kim’s rueful performance, and the film’s roaming, Eric Rohmer-like sensibilities, The Woman Who Ran allows itself to take solace in serenity and not worry so much about the would haves and could haves.
By Hoai-Tran Bui FULL REVIEW
83
Oct 8, 2020
Foregoing the knotty male-female relationships (and soju bottles) of recent work, Hong examines instead the textures of female relationships and what independence might look and feel like for women entering a new, more mature stage of life—and how a short trip out of one’s comfort zone might generate bounties of food for thought.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 28, 2020
Woman Who Ran looks and feels like a pleasant farce in comparison to much of Hong’s recent output.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 28, 2020
This deceptively offhand vibe requires the actresses to project effortless naturalism, and they all deliver.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 28, 2020
Hong, who handled screenplay as well as directorial, editing and scoring duties, is in fine form here.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 6, 2020
The Woman Who Ran is ultimately a minor doodle, even by Hong’s standards; it lacks the games of nonlinear structure, cognitive dissonance, or lightly surrealist Groundhog Day cycles that mark his best work. But the film has its moments, too, most of them concerned with the way social propriety affects communication.
By A.A. Dowd FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company Jeonwonsa Film
Release Date Jul 9, 2021
Duration 1 h 17 m
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Website http://www.cinemaguild.com/theatrical/womanwhoran.html
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Awards

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cine21
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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