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Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani

What Does that Nature Say to You
Competition 2025
© Jeonwonsa Film Co.
Donghwa, a poet in his thirties, drives his girlfriend of three years, Junhee, from Seoul to her parents’ home outside Icheon. Seeing his surprise at the size of the house and its hilly gardens, Junhee suggests that he takes a quick look around. But in the driveway they meet Junhee’s father, who invites Donghwa to spend the day with the family: him, his wife, who is also a poet, and their two grown-up daughters. It is a deceptively lazy day, shot in a deliberately casual, lo-res style that mimics the genial soft-focus in which Donghwa sees the world when he is not wearing his glasses. The younger cohort visit a Buddhist temple by the river. Dad prepares a stew made from one of the chickens they keep in a coop on the grounds. And as the characters continually pair off to have one-to-one conversations, they test all sorts of bonds: sisterly, parental, marital, romantic, social and enviously professional. That evening, Donghwa gets drunk at dinner and drops his mask of polite deference, to the dismay of Junhee’s parents who have been assessing his suitability as a partner for their daughter, and to the delight of Junhee’s younger sister.
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by Hong Sangsoo (Director, Screenplay)
with Ha Seongguk, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Kang Soyi, Park Miso South Korea 2025 Korean 108' Colour World premiere

With

  • Ha Seongguk (Ha Donghwa)
  • Kwon Haehyo (Kim Oryeong)
  • Cho Yunhee (Choi Sunhee)
  • Kang Soyi (Kim Junhee)
  • Park Miso (Kim Neunghee)

Crew

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

Produced by

Jeonwonsa Film Co.

World Sales

Finecut

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Hong Sangsoo

© Jeonwonsa Film Co.

Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1960, he studied at the city’s Chung-Ang University, at the California College of Arts and Crafts and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Since 1996, he has written and directed 33 feature films as well as several shorts. His work has already been invited to the Berlinale Competition seven times, most recently in 2024 with A Traveler’s Needs.

Filmography (selection)

2014 Jayueui onduk (Hill of Freedom) 2015 Jigeumeun matgo geuttaeneun teullida (Right Now, Wrong Then) 2016 Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot (Yourself and Yours) 2017 Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone) · Keul-le-eo-ui ka-me-la (Claire’s Camera) · Geu-hu (The Day After) 2018 Pul-lp-Deul (Grass) 2019 Gang-Byun-Ho-Tel (Hotel by the River) · Domangchin yeoja (The Woman Who Ran) 2020 Inteurodeoksyeon (Introduction) 2021 Dangsin-eolgul-apeseo (In Front of Your Face) · So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa (The Novelist’s Film) 2022 Top (Walk Up) 2023 mul-an-e-seo (in water) · Woo-ri-ui-ha-ru (In Our Day) 2024 Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler’s Needs) 2025 Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani (What Does That Nature Say To You)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025