Synopsis
Iris (Isabelle Huppert), a mysterious traveller, wanders around the outskirts of Seoul. There, she talks several people into learning French using a method that’s as seductive as it is unorthodox, despite her lack of experience. Among walks in the park and bottles of makgeolli rice wine, Iris seems like another family member. With her straw hat, flower dress and green cardigan, her uninhibited personality creates a climate of trust, fun and learning around her that causes hilarious misunderstandings due to her cheekiness and the odd misunderstanding.
Filmmaker
Hong Sangsoo
An essential name in contemporary cinema and a regular at major festivals, Sang-soo debuted in 1996 with The Day a Pig Fell into the Well and since then has written and directed more than thirty feature films. His cinema, with a simple appearance and a traditional spirit, exudes a humanism that has captivated audiences around the world and has led him to win, among others, the award for Best Direction in Locarno, Berlin and San Sebastián. He is also one of the inescapable names of D’A Film Festival Barcelona.
Filmography: A Traveler's Needs (2024), In Our Day (2023, D'A 2024), In Water (2023, D'A 2024), Walk Up (2022, D’A 2023), The Novelist's Film (2022), In Front of Your Face (2021, D'A 2022), Introduction (2021), The Woman Who Ran (2020, D'A 2021), Hotel by the River (2018, D'A 2019), Grass (2018, D'A 2019), The Day After (2017, D'A 2018), Claire's Camera (2017, D'A 2018), On the Beach at Night Alone (2017), Yourself and Yours (2016), Right Now, Wrong Then (2015, D'A 2016), Hill of Freedom (2014, D’A 2015), Our Sunhi (2013, D'A 2014), Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (2013), In Another Country (2012), The Day He Arrives (2011), List (short film, 2011), Oki’s Movie (2010, D’A 2011), Hahaha (2010), Visitors (co-directed, 2009), Like You Know It All (2009), Night and Day (2008), Woman on the Beach (2006), Tale of Cinema (2005), Woman is the Future of Man (2004), Turning Gate (2002), Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), The Power of Kangwon Province (1998), The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
Awards and festivals
Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize
Poster
