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Hill of Freedom

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Kwon travels back to Seoul from the mountains, and has to sort letters from Mori to make sense of what is going on.

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Critics Consensus

As carefully crafted and delightful as a nesting doll, Hill of Freedom is a frothy entry with certain substance from the great Hong Sang-soo

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle 06/12/2020
3.5/5
That may sound like some terribly serious arthouse navel-gazing, but ultimately Hill of Freedom is surprisingly satisfying in its sheer - albeit abjectly disjointed - fish-out-of-water ordinariness. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny New York Times 06/11/2020
The ingenuity of the movie's structure is stimulating and delightful... Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker 10/06/2014
With modest means and a limited field of action, Hong achieves a complexity akin to the grand historical meditations of Alain Resnais; steering clear of explicit politics, he conjures revealing attitudes through reverberant-and often comical-details. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jan 14
6/10
Hill of Freedom is a modest and elegant character drama with one key innovation. Go to Full Review
Manu Yáñez Otroscines.com 12/29/2023
4/5
In today's cinema, no one makes films as formulaic and at the same time as unpredictable as Hong's; no other director expresses his radicality in such a discreet way. Go to Full Review
Fernando E. Juan Lima Otroscines.com 12/29/2023
4/5
Without reaching the perfection of the beautiful Oki's Movie, Hong always delivers; 66 minutes of pleasure guaranteed. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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@Ricardogm 09/20/2015 A fórmula de seus filmes se repete, por isso não tem erro. O 'feel good' é garantido. See more 08/12/2015 Though small in scale this South Korean film is particularly charming and quite funny, with never a dull moment among the natural approach given by the writing and cast's performances. I wouldn't say the film was meant to or even exceed the limit of Art House drama, though it's quite obscure hearing the dialogue mostly in English. But really, the subject matter and drama at play really make the film what it is; a "feel good", "catching up with old friends" type of drama/comedy that barely resembles the type of film viewers would expect to see. Definitely a worth while choice I've seen at MIFF ;) See more 11/17/2014 A Japanese visiting Korea to rekindle a friendship, and possibly transform it to something bigger. Just the right touch of comedy for the cultural clashes but its main story, the foundation, fell flat in the end. As much as it begged to be introspective, there are not much details to look or immerse with. There's nothing to root with the protagonist. At least, it didn't go to the usual cinematic tropes and dramatic cliches but it offered nothing better as alternative. Kudos for the nonlinear storyline but it didn't improve anything. Kind of a waste of time. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Kwon travels back to Seoul from the mountains, and has to sort letters from Mori to make sense of what is going on.
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Kim Kyoung-hee
Screenwriter
Hong Sang-soo
Distributor
Grasshopper Films
Production Co
Jeonwonsa Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 12, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 19, 2020
Runtime
1h 6m
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