Woman on the Beach
Directed by Hong Sangsoo
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2h 8m
Directed by Hong Sangsoo | 127 mins | 2006
Deploying another of Hong’s beguiling twice-told narratives, Woman on the Beach begins with the tale of a creatively blocked filmmaker and his affair with the girlfriend of his friend and sometime collaborator at a coastal resort, then follows the filmmaker on a later visit to the same beach where he encounters a woman who closely resembles his one-time lover.
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