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A Traveler's Needs

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A comedy of improbable encounters and unlikely language lessons, A Traveler's Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert (following 2012's In Another Country and 2017's Claire's Camera). This time Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French via a très peculiar method. Through a series of encounters, as we grow to know more about Iris and her situation, the mysteries of her circumstances only deepen.
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Peter Bradshaw Guardian You can spend the entire film wondering if you have properly understood the joke, or if it is a joke. But it is hypnotically watchable. Rated: 4/5 Oct 10, 2024 Full Review Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express Huppert plays a French woman in Seoul, looking for a means to make a living. She seems to appear out of thin air, perfectly formed, sitting on a park bench, looking around her as if she’s always been there. Feb 27, 2024 Full Review Leslie Felperin Hollywood Reporter This represents a bit of an adventure for Hong beyond his usual milieu. That said, this is still profoundly slight stuff, thin and ineffable as mist... Feb 22, 2024 Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine Achieves, thanks to Isabelle Huppert's mastery, a small miracle in which the relationship between adverse worlds explodes with force. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 29, 2024 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Hong Sang-soo has made yet another breezy, undercooked and meandering film with very little dramatic tension and dry, observational humor. Isabelle Huppert's charismatic performance helps to keep the audience somewhat engaged. Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Alexander Mooney In Review Online A return to some of the...wonder and estrangement that made [Hong] a critical darling...but it’s also the work of an artist emphatically concerned with finding ways for visual, aural, and linguistic modes of expression to be developed and pushed forward. Oct 12, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A comedy of improbable encounters and unlikely language lessons, A Traveler's Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert (following 2012's In Another Country and 2017's Claire's Camera). This time Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French via a très peculiar method. Through a series of encounters, as we grow to know more about Iris and her situation, the mysteries of her circumstances only deepen.
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Kim Min-hee
Screenwriter
Hong Sang-soo
Distributor
The Cinema Guild
Production Co
Jeonwonsa Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m