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Hong Sang-soo’s’Introduction’ Berlin Screenplay Award → Popular foreign news… “Show me different layers”


Director Hong Sang-soo’s new film’Introduction’, who won the Silver Bear Award at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

[이데일리 스타in 김보영 기자] Foreign media are also sending hot praise and praise for the film’Introduction’ by Hong Sang-soo, who won the Silver Bear Award at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

Director Hong Sang-soo received the Silver Bear Award Screenplay Award for his new work’Introduction’ at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival’s award-winning announcement, which was broadcast live on the night of the 5th (Korean time).

Regarding his award, the jury of the Berlin Film Festival said, “Beyond telling a story or developing a narrative efficiently, this screenplay reveals the momentary space between actions and actions, and the truth hidden in human life in an instant becomes bright and clear. We create the moments that are revealed.”

In this competition, the award-winning director Hong Sang-soo’s’Introduction’, Xavier Bobwa’s’Drift Away’, Rad Jude’s’Bad Luck Banging Or Rooney Fawn’, Dominique Graf’s’Fabian-Going To The’ Dogs’,’The Wheel of Fortune End Fantasy’ directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi,’Mr. Barkman End Heath Class’ by Maria Spette,’I’m Your Man’ by Maria Schrader,’Next Door’ by Daniel Brüll, A total of 15 films were invited, including “Petty Maman,” directed by Celine Shiama.

Director Hong’s film was invited to the competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival starting with’Night and Day’ (2008),’Hae Won, Not Anyone’s Daughter’ (2013),’Alone on the Beach at Night’ (2017), and’The Woman Who Runs away ‘This is the fifth in total following (2020). At the time,’Alone on the Beach at Night’ won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress, and the’Runaway Woman’ won the Silver Bear Award for Director, and the third award for the screenplay award for’Introduction’ is the news.

‘Introduction’ gained a high score of 3.3 out of 4 in the Screen Daily rating, a newsletter for the Berlin International Film Festival, and climbed to the joint first place. Rotten Tomatoes, which is famous as an overseas media rating site, also achieved a freshness index of 100%, signaling a pleasant start.

Director Hong Sang-soo and actor Kim Min-hee. (Photo = E-Daily DB)

Foreign media say “It is a work that shows various levels of compositional complexity, bitterness, and humor that keeps reminding me of” (SCREENDAILY), “It is not a light film as it seems at first glance. Contrary to the title, this film is not an introduction for beginners, but rather an expansion of the world of director Hong Sang-soo” (VARIETY), “This film, like a short story or poem, suggests more depth and detail than what appears on the surface. It shows the delicate work of Hong Sang-soo, who creates a work that makes the film work” (THE GUARDIAN), “Even though this film initially feels like an appetizer, it will soon make you feel like eating a dish that surpasses the whole dish” (DEADLINE). Praised.

Meanwhile, director Hong Sang-soo’s new film’Introduction’ follows the journey of a young man Young-ho visiting his father, lover, and mother, respectively, through three paragraphs. Along with actors Shin Seok-ho and Park Miso, Kim Young-ho, Ye Ji-won, Ki Ju-bong, Seo Young-hwa, Kim Min-hee, and Jo Yoon-hee appear.

‘Introduction’ is scheduled to meet with domestic audiences in the first half of this year.

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