Hong Sang-soo ♥ Kim Min-hee, 15th collaboration 'Suyu-cheon' to be released in North America

Aug 06, 2024

Hong Sang-soo ♥ Kim Min-hee, 15th collaboration 'Suyu-cheon' to be released in North America



Director Hong Sang-soo's new film and lover Kim Min-hee participated in the film 「Suyuchun」 will be released in North America.

According to the U.S. media Variety on the 5th (local time), Hong Sang-soo's new film 'Suyucheon' is set to be released in North American theaters next year.

The Cinema Guild, a renowned American distributor, has secured the rights to the film from Fine Cut, which has introduced works such as 「'Bukchon direction'」 directed by Hong Sang-soo that are correct now, and wrong then'Gangbyeon Hotel'Yourself and Yours' in front of your face'Our Day' to North America.



The new work 'Suyucheon' tells the story of a female university instructor asking her uncle, who has not been working for several years, to direct a sketch. Actors Kim Min-hee, Kwon Hae-hyo, Cho Yoon-hee, and Ha Sung-guk participated, and in particular, Kim Min-hee was also named 'Production Director'.

Hong Sang-soo ♥ Kim Min-hee, 15th collaboration 'Suyu-cheon' to be released in North America
In addition, 'Suyuchun' was officially invited to the 77th Locarno International Film Festival for International Competition. Locarno International Film Festival is an international film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland, founded in 1946, which is one of the oldest film festivals in the world and is known for presenting artistic and experimental authoristic films.



Director Hong Sang-soo's work was invited to the festival for the fourth time. Previously, 'Our Sun-hee', 'It's right now, but it's wrong then'Gangbyeon Hotel' were invited.

Meanwhile, director Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee made a relationship in the 2015 movie `Right Now, Wrong Then,' and revealed their romantic relationship in 2017. However, director Hong Sang-soo was a married man, and he filed a divorce suit against his wife in 2016, but the Seoul Family Court dismissed it. As a result, the two have been called an affair couple for nine years, but they are showing constant affection by attending overseas film festivals together.





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