A Traveler’s Needs Yeohaengjaui pilyo

Hong Sang-soo / South Korea / 2024 / 90 min / Korean, French

A woman sits on a park bench playing a child’s flute. No one knows where she comes from. She claims she’s from France. With no money or resources to survive, she’s advised to teach French. She becomes a tutor to two Korean women. She likes walking barefoot and lying on rocks. She faces events with little comment and tries to live as simply as possible. But life, as always, is hard. To find some comfort, she drinks makgeolli...

cast Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hye-young, Kwon Hae-hyo, Cho Yun-hee, Ha Seong-guk, Kim Seung-yun, Kang So-yi, Ha Jin-hwa

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