August 10, 2025

In the cinema, a young girl thinks a man in the snack bar line looks like her dad.

Hong Sang-soo’s 33rd film is, as always, a perfect introduction to his distinctive and quietly playful body of work. A drifting poet, a house with chickens, and an awkward meeting with the in-laws set the stage for a gently absurd meditation on art, pride, and parenthood — told with the unmistakable touch that only Hong brings.