A TRAVELER'S NEEDS
Price: $395.00 Code: 2692 |
Directed by Hong Sangsoo
2024, 90 minutes
A comedy of improbable encounters and unlikely language lessons, A Traveler’s Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert (following 2012’s In Another Country and 2017’s Claire’s Camera). This time Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French via a très peculiar method. Through a series of encounters, as we grow to know more about Iris and her situation, the mysteries of her circumstances only deepen.
A charming troupe of Hong regulars complete the cast, including Lee Hyeyoung as one of Huppert's students and Kwon Haehyo as her flirty husband. A film about meaning and connection and the comfort of makgeolli, A Traveler’s Needs, offers a surprising take on inter-continental rendezvous and continues one of the most unique actor-director collaborations in contemporary cinema.
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Festivals & Awards
Winner - Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize - Berlin Film FestivalOfficial Selection - New York Film Festival
Reviews
"[A] short, shimmery comedy of the elusive human condition."
- Guy Lodge, Variety
"A perceptive film about the performative coping strategies of a stranger in a strange land."
- David Jenkins, Little White Lies
"One of Hong's more enigmatic and alluring works."
- Jonathan Romney, Screen International
Further Reading
INTERVIEW: Isabelle Huppert and Hong Sang-soo Are the Perfect Cinematic Pair — for His Latest, She Makes a High Dive Look Effortless (Read on IndieWire)Trailer
Related Films
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IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
A comedy of behaviors and a study in variations, Hong Sangsoo’s first film with Isabelle Huppert ranks among his breeziest and most mindbending endeavors. In Another Country inaugurated one of the most fruitful actor-director collaborations in contemporary cinema.
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CLAIRE'S CAMERA
A refreshingly sunny performance from Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, Elle) is at the center of this comic charmer from South Korean Master Hong Sangsoo. Intricately plotted with wit and charm to spare, CLAIRE'S CAMERA explores the power of images to transform us.
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