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By the Stream

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In the wake of a scandal involving several of her students, Jeonim (Kim Minhee), an artist and lecturer at a women's university, asks her uncle Chu Sieon (Kwon Haehyo) to step in and direct a short play for the skit festival put on by her department. Her uncle is an actor-director, recently blacklisted after a scandal of his own. He decides to direct the short play because of a similar experience directing a play at the same university 40 years earlier. It doesn't take long before Sieon develops feelings for Jeonim's colleague, Professor Jeong (Cho Yunhee), a textile professor. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding the scandal grow more complicated, the moon waxes in the sky each night, and every morning Jeonim goes to the stream and sketches to grasp its patterns.

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Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine Art is a mode of potential connection built in large part on narcissism, and Hong Sang-soo is without peer these days in wrestling that irony onto the screen. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 6, 2024 Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com It should be nourishing enough to be happily consumed by fans of the auteur. Aug 22, 2024 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Distinguished from other Hongs like it by its light autumnal chill and accompanying russet palette, this subtle comedy of actors, academics and dreams set to one side welcomes the director’s steadfast fans like a gentle but hesitant embrace. Aug 17, 2024 Full Review Mauricio Jarufe Caballero Cinencuentro The director's presence, contrary to what one might assume, is intense: by fixing the camera and leaving it stationary, Hong Sang-soo tells us exactly where we have to look and for how long... [Full review in Spanish] Oct 29, 2024 Full Review Hayley Croke Loud and Clear Reviews By the Stream serves as an intimate character study of three people lost at sea, connected by their feelings of otherness that separate them from society. Rated: 4/5 Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World Clocking at 111 minutes, the film is perhaps the most busily plotted and the most sinewy among Hong's recent output. It touches on many of Hong's preoccupations and reflexive filmmaking, along with the recent surge of the Korean feminist movement. Oct 10, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis In the wake of a scandal involving several of her students, Jeonim (Kim Minhee), an artist and lecturer at a women's university, asks her uncle Chu Sieon (Kwon Haehyo) to step in and direct a short play for the skit festival put on by her department. Her uncle is an actor-director, recently blacklisted after a scandal of his own. He decides to direct the short play because of a similar experience directing a play at the same university 40 years earlier. It doesn't take long before Sieon develops feelings for Jeonim's colleague, Professor Jeong (Cho Yunhee), a textile professor. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding the scandal grow more complicated, the moon waxes in the sky each night, and every morning Jeonim goes to the stream and sketches to grasp its patterns.
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Hong Sang-soo
Screenwriter
Hong Sang-soo
Production Co
Jeonwonsa Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Runtime
1h 51m