KFN Seoul on Screen : The Day He Arrives

  • Director

    HONG Sang-soo

  • Cast

    YU Jun-sang. SONG Sun-mi, KIM Bo-kyung , KIM Sang-joong

  • Release Date

    2011

  • Runtime

    79 mins

  • Cert

    tbc

  • Awards

    Cannes Film Festival (2011) - Un Certain Regard
    BFI London Film Festival (2011) - World Cinema
    Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2011)

Seongjun(Yu Junsang) heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon area. When the friend doesn’t answer his calls, Seongjun wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them-Seongjun used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend’s house.