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The Day He Arrives

2011 · 79 min

A quiet, meandering black-and-white film that feels like a series of repeated, slightly altered days, inviting you to ponder memory and chance.

Overview
A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • love
  • isolation
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hong Sang-soo
Written by
Hong Sang-soo
Starring
Yu Jun-sang, Kim Sang-joong, Song Seon-mi, Kim Bo-kyung, Kim Eui-sung, Park Su-min, Baek Jong-hak, Ki Joo-bong
Music
Jeong Yong-jin
Cinematography
Kim Hyung-koo
Runtime
79 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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