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WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (2004) - Korean Classics: 2003-2006

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  • DIR. HONG SANG-SOO
  • CAST. YOO JI-TAE, KIM TAE-WOO, SUNG HYUN-AH
  • YEAR. 2004
  • COUNTRY. SOUTH KOREA
  • RUN-TIME.87  MINS
  • RATING. 15

Doors - 6pm

Film - 6.30pm


Two old friends, Moon-Ho, a college lecturer, and Hyun-Joon, a struggling filmmaker, have both had affairs with the same woman, Sun-Hwa. Hyun-Joon dated her first but when he left for America, Moon-Ho stepped in to take his place. Now, with Hyun-Joon back in South Korea, he and Moon-Ho - now a married man - decide to meet her one more time. Will Sun-Hwa prove to remain their past or become their future?

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Also showing as part of this season: Oldboy, A Tale of Two Sisters, Save the Green Planet, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, The Host

Funny, wry and emotionally acute
— Time Out
A subtle comedy of manners... the most accessible but most elusive pic yet from Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo... this fifth feature seems his most playful, and very close at times to the classic Tales of French auteur Eric Rohmer
— Variety
Few filmmakers have as distinct and instantly recognisable a signature as Hong Sangsoo. His films keep reworking and expanding on similar concerns, dovetailing with one another to form one of the most organic oeuvres in cinema.
— Sight & Sound
For me, there’s something especially unique about the films of Hong Sang-Soo
— Martin Scorsese