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Ha Ha Ha

2010 · 116 min

A wry, meandering conversation piece where overlapping memories gently unravel, leaving a quiet ache beneath the laughter.

Overview
Over drinks, two friends agree to swap fond memories of their recent trips to the same seaside town. As the stories unfold in flashback, it becomes evident their accounts take place at the same time and with the same people.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • friendship
  • love
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Hong Sang-soo
Written by
Hong Sang-soo
Starring
Kim Sang-kyung, Yu Jun-sang, Moon So-ri, Ye Ji-won, Kim Kang-woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Kim Gyu-ri, Ki Joo-bong
Music
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Cinematography
Park Hong-yeol
Runtime
116 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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