THE DAY AFTER by Hong Sang-soo at Miami Beach Cinematheque

Through Thu Aug 2, 2018

South Korean Master Hong Sangsoo’s 21st feature as director, The Day After, is a mordantly comic tale of infidelity and mistaken identity. Book publisher Bongwan’s (Kwon Haehyo) marriage is on the rocks after his wife (Cho Yunhee) discovers the affair he’s been having with his assistant (Kim Saebyuk). Now that relationship is ending too and Bongwan’s new assistant, the sharp and sensitive Areum (Kim Minhee), on her first day in the office, is left to navigate the fallout of all the turnover in Bongwan’s life. With its ingeniously destabilizing leaps through time and stark black and white cinematography, The Day After begins as a darkly hilarious story of a man embroiled in extramarital entanglements but soon shifts—in a way only Hong can manage—into a heartfelt portrayal of a young woman on a quest for spiritual fulfillment. (In Korean with English subtitles).

“A lovely, intricately fractured story – past and present seamlessly slip into each other.”-Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“The Day After’s outsized, booze-fueled passions are consistently cut by the sly subtleties of Hong’s writing and editing and the film’s restrained formal elegance.”-Andréa Picard, Cinema Scope

“Ineffably soulful.”- David Ehrlich, IndieWire

THU, AUG 02, 7p:
THE DAY AFTER
(Geu-hu)
Directed by HONG SANG-SOO/South Korea/2018/1hr, 30mins.
With Yunhee Cho, Ki Joabang, Min-hee Kim
OFFICIAL SELECTION, Cannes, New York, Toronto Film Festivals

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1130 Washington Ave,
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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