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Yeohaengjaui pilyo

A Traveler’s Needs
Competition 2024
© 2024 Jeonwonsa Film Co.
Nobody knows where the woman comes from. She is sitting on a park bench and diligently playing a child’s recorder. She says she is from France. With no money or means of supporting herself, she has been advised to teach French. This is how she comes to have two Korean women as her pupils. The woman likes to walk barefoot and to lie down on rocks. And when she is feeling up to it, she tries to see each instant in a non-verbal way and to live life as rationally as she can. But things remain as hard as ever. She relies on the Korean alcoholic drink of makgeolli to provide a bit of comfort every day.

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by Hong Sangsoo (Director, Screenplay)
with Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Ha Seongguk, Kim Seungyun, Kang Soyi, Ha Jinwha South Korea 2024 Korean, French, English 90' Colour World premiere

With

  • Isabelle Huppert (Iris)
  • Lee Hyeyoung (Wonju)
  • Kwon Haehyo (Haesoon)
  • Cho Yunhee (Yeonhee)
  • Ha Seongguk (Inguk)
  • Kim Seungyun (Isong )
  • Kang Soyi (Soha )
  • Ha Jinwha (Ranhee)

Crew

Director Hong Sangsoo
Screenplay Hong Sangsoo
Cinematography Hong Sangsoo
Editing Hong Sangsoo
Music Hong Sangsoo
Producer Hong Sangsoo

World Sales

Finecut

Seoul, South Korea

Produced by

Jeonwonsa Film Co. Production

Seoul, Korea

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Grant Gee

© Shane O’Connor

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