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Domangchin yeoja

The Woman Who Ran | Die Frau, die rannte
Competition 2020
© Jeonwonsa Film Co. Production
While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three women on the outskirts of Seoul. She first visits two close friends at their homes; the third, an older acquaintance, she encounters by chance at an independent cinema. On the surface, Hong Sangsoo’s 24th film sees this masterful filmmaker in an even more minimalistic mode, paring down his style – heavy on long takes, dialogue and zooms – to its essence, and presenting the three rendezvous with slight repetitions and variations. Yet the film’s breezy structure is punctuated by unwelcome interactions with interrupting, irate males. Gamhee in particular leaves much unsaid in conversations with her friends, but this still resonates. And then there’s the enigmatic title. Who is the woman who ran? What is she running away from, and why? With Hong’s maturation as an artist, the time has come to stop comparing him to Eric Rohmer or Woody Allen, and start talking about Anton Chekhov. Hong’s topic is the human condition: what it is like to be and to live as expressed by the way we communicate. Domangchin Yeoja (The Woman Who Ran) is a beguiling, mysterious gem that once more implies that an infinite number of worlds are possible.

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by Hong Sangsoo (Written and Directed by)
with Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Song Seonmi, Kim Saebyuk, Lee Eunmi, Kwon Haehyo, Shin Seokho, Ha Seongguk South Korea 2019 Korean 77' Colour World premiere

With

  • Kim Minhee (Gamhee)
  • Seo Younghwa (Youngsoon)
  • Song Seonmi (Suyoung)
  • Kim Saebyuk (Woojin)
  • Lee Eunmi (Youngji)
  • Kwon Haehyo (Mr. Jung)
  • Shin Seokho (Cat Man)
  • Ha Seongguk (Young Poet)

Crew

Written and Directed by Hong Sangsoo
Cinematography Kim Sumin
Editing Hong Sangsoo
Music Hong Sangsoo
Sound Seo Jihoon
Assistant Director Shin Seokho
Producer Hong Sangsoo
Executive Producer Hong Sangsoo

World Sales

Finecut

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Produced by

Jeonwonsa Film Co. Production

Seoul, Korea

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Grant Gee

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The British documentary director is making his fiction feature debut with Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Before that, The Gold Machine completed his trilogy of documentaries which included Patience (After Sebald) and Innocence of Memories. He is also known for his music documentaries Joy Division and Meeting People is Easy, about the band Radiohead. He regularly collaborates with theatre director Katie Mitchell on projects for renowned European theatres and opera houses and is senior tutor on the Master of Fine Arts course in documentary filmmaking at University College London.

Filmography (Filmography (Selection))

1998 Meeting People Is Easy; documentary 2007 Joy Division; documentary 2015 Innocence of Memories; documentary 2022 The Gold Machine; documentary 2026 Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026