On the Beach at Night Alone

2017 film by Hong Sang-soo

  • Kim Min-hee
  • Seo Young-hwa
  • Kwon Hae-hyo
  • Jung Jae-young
  • Song Seon-mi
  • Moon Sung-keun
Cinematography
  • Kim Hyung-koo
  • Park Hong-yeol
Edited byHahm Sung-won
Production
company
Jeonwonsa Film Company
Distributed byContents Panda
Release dates
  • 16 February 2017 (2017-02-16) (Berlin)
  • 23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) (South Korea)
Running time
101 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKoreanBox office$429,159[1]

On the Beach at Night Alone (Korean: 밤의 해변에서 혼자; RR: Bamui Haebyeoneseo Honja) is a 2017 South Korean drama film written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival,[2] where Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.[3]

Premise

Young-hee is a washed-up actress who is stressed by a relationship with a married man in Korea. On the beach, she wonders if he misses her as she misses him.

Cast

  • Kim Min-hee as Young-hee
  • Seo Young-hwa as Jee-young
  • Kwon Hae-hyo as Chun-woo
  • Jung Jae-young as Myung-soo
  • Song Seon-mi as Jun-hee
  • Moon Sung-keun as Sang-won
  • Ahn Jae-hong as Seung-hee
  • Park Yea-ju as Do-hee
  • Gong Min-jeung as Ma-ri

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "On the Beach at Night Alone finds writer-director Sang-soo Hong working in a more personal vein—without losing the singular sensibilities that have informed much of his acclaimed earlier work.[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[5]

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2017 67th Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Actress Kim Min-hee Won
Golden Bear Hong Sang-soo Nominated
53rd Baeksang Arts Awards[6] Best Director Nominated
Jerusalem Film Festival[7] Wilf Family Foundation Award for Best International Film On the Beach at Night Alone Won
37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[8] Top Ten Films Won
26th Buil Film Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Nominated
2018 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards[9] Nominated

References

  1. ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Competition and Berlinale Special – Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme" (Press release). Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ "53회 영화부문 후보자·작품: 감독상". 제 53회 백상예술대상 (Baeksang Arts Awards) (in Korean). JTBC Plus. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  7. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (21 July 2017). "'Scaffolding,' 'On the Beach at Night Alone' Take Jerusalem Film Festival's Top Prizes". Variety.
  8. ^ "THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 30 October 2017.
  9. ^ "제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나". Newsen (in Korean). 3 May 2018.

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