In Another Country

A gentle, playful puzzle of repeated scenes and shifting meanings, like watching variations of a dream on a quiet beach.

Directed by

Hong Sang-soo

Genres

Drama

Starring

Isabelle Huppert, Yu Jun-sang, Jung Yu-mi

Overview

A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner's daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.

How it feels

Whimsical, melancholic, romantic and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, love, betrayal, isolation

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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