Cho Yun-hee

A selection of the Cannes Film Festival, Hong Sangsoo again works his magic in this tale of an aging actress played by Lee Hyeyoung, meeting with a director in Seoul to stage a comeback film. With In Front of Your Face, Hong suggests that perhaps the most important things in this life are also the most immediate.

A comic tale of infidelity and mistaken identity from South Korean master auteur Hong Sangsoo. Bongwan’s marriage is on the rocks after his wife discovers the affair he’s been having with his ex-assistant. His new assistant, the sharp and sensitive Areum, is left to navigate the fallout of all the turnover in Bongwan’s life on her first day in the office.

Flushed with the waning light of summer, this cinematic drift through Seoul marks another winning collaboration for Korean maestro Hong Sang-soo and Isabelle Huppert. Between sips of makgeolli, chance connections and found poetry blur the gaps between languages and cultures with luminous delight.