The Day After

Hong Sang-soo
Part of

55th New York Film Festival

September 29 - October 15, 2017

Mistaken identity, repetition compulsion, and déjà vu figure into one of Hong Sang-soo’s most plaintive and philosophical works, shot in moody black and white and mostly set on a single eventful day in the life of a book publisher.

DIRECTOR
Hong Sang-soo
YEAR
2017
COUNTRY
South Korea
RUNTIME
92 minutes
LANGUAGE
Korean with English subtitles
START DATE
May 11, 2018

Shot in moody black and white, The Day After opens with book publisher Bongwan (Kwon Hae-hyo) fending off his wife’s heated accusations of infidelity. At the office, it’s the first day for his new assistant, Areum (Kim Min-hee), whose predecessor was Bongwan’s lover. Mistaken identity, repetition compulsion, and déjà vu figure into the narrative as the film entangles its characters across multiple timelines through an intricate geometry of desire, suspicion, and betrayal. The end result is one of Hong’s most plaintive and philosophical works. An NYFF55 Main Slate selection. A Cinema Guild Release.

At the 55th New York Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo and cinematographer Kim Hyeong-gu discuss the film:

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