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In Front of Your Face

Hong Sang-soo | 2021 | 85 MINS
South Korea | Subtitles
A former actress with a secret, returns to Seoul to live with her sister in a high-rise apartment and meets a director to discuss her return to acting.

In Detail

After years living abroad, former actress Sangok (Lee Hyeyoung) is back in Seoul, staying with her sister Jeongok (Cho Yunhee) in her high-rise apartment. The siblings sleep late, have breakfast in a café and visit a restaurant owned by Jeongok's son.

But as the details of Sangok's day accrue (a spill on her blouse, an encounter at her childhood home), it becomes clear that there is much she is not revealing. This is a mysterious, gentle piece of work, unworldly and effortless.

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