Claire's Camera
Asian Cinema
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1h 8m
Directed by Hong Sangsoo | 68 mins | 2017
Isabelle Huppert re-teams with the Korean master for a light-footed comedy about a Polaroid-wielding schoolteacher visits Cannes and befriends a newly jobless woman (Kim Minhee). Their quick friendship sheds light on the meddlesome reasons for her firing, as Huppert embraces her mischievous role of re-framing situations, in a film resourcefully shot in the sun-soaked beach town during the festival.
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