Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda (2004)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Sang-soo Hong

Scénariste:

Sang-soo Hong (writer)

Release Date:

14 mai 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drame

Plot Keywords:

Taxicab | Return To The Past | Chinese Restaurant | Drunkenness | Soccer

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Quietly Engaging, An Authentic, Heartfelt Look at Matters of the Heart

Ensemble

Ji-tae Yu	...	Lee Mun-ho
Tae-woo Kim	...	Kim Hyeon-gon
Hyeon-a Seong	...	Park Seon-hwa
Ho-jung Kim	...	Park Bo-yeong (Mun-ho's wife) (voice)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Su-Jeong Eom
Seung-chae Lee		(as Ji-seon Lee)
Dal-su Oh

Réalisé par
Sang-soo Hong

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Sang-soo Hong		writer

Produit par
Lee Hanna	....	producer
Marin Karmitz	....	producer
Han-na Lee	....	producer

Musique originale
Yong-jin Jeong

Image
Hyeon-gu Kim

Montage
Seong-weon Ham

Assistant réalisateur
Young-nam Kim	....	assistant director

Thanks
Nicolas Piccato	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Mirashin Korea

Distributors

• CJ Entertainment (2004) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• MK2 Diffusion (France)
• New Yorker Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)

Autre(s) titre(s):

La femme est l'avenir de l'homme (France)
Woman Is the Future of Man (International: English title)
Woman Is the Future of Woman

Durée:

88 min

Pays:

South Korea | France

Langue:

Coréen

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Japan:R-15 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18

Company:

Mirashin Korea

Quietly Engaging, An Authentic, Heartfelt Look at Matters of the Heart

It's been a while since I watched the amusingly titled "Woman is the Future of Man" at the Quad. More than a year and 2 Hong Sang-Soo films later it remains among my favorite films.

While it's always refreshing and welcome to see films depart from the pyrotechnics of the Hollywood school of film-making, some films' subtlety and quietness are rather oppressive (Tsai Ming-Liang immediately comes to mind). I think I have a longer attention span than the average film-goer, however, I have to admit that I can't sit through all kinds of slow films. Some are worth the challenge, others end up embodying the stereotype of the inaccessible art film. Hong's film would've looked like art house snobbery in action if not for the fact that it's made in a very straightforward manner focusing mainly on the most basic of emotions (and the complicated situations emanating from them). The style of film-making is so cinema verite, so unobtrusive, it's a joy to go beyond being a member of the audience and feel like an actual passerby. The best, most memorable celluloid stories stay in your mind as films but "Woman" is a story so well-told it feels more like snippets from somebody's life told by a close friend.

Hong Sang-soo's "Woman is the Future of Man" is yet another great addition to the impressive national cinema of South Korea and one that pushes me to continue exploring more of this body of work. It's raw, naked jealousy, regret, love, lust, and longing. It's a bittersweet reminder for anyone who's ever experienced romantic love and its many variations and deviations. This is it how it happens and somehow Mr. Hong has captured it through the magic of cinema.