On the Beach at Night Alone
- Kim Min-hee
- Seo Young-hwa
- Kwon Hae-hyo
- Jung Jae-young
- Song Seon-mi
- Moon Sung-keun
- Kim Hyung-koo
- Park Hong-yeol
company
- 16 February 2017 (2017-02-16) (Berlin)
- 23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) (South Korea)
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
- ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (21 July 2017). "'Scaffolding,' 'On the Beach at Night Alone' Take Jerusalem Film Festival's Top Prizes". Variety.
- ^ "THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 30 October 2017.
- ^ "제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나". Newsen (in Korean). 3 May 2018.
External links
- Cinema Guild official website
- On the Beach at Night Alone at IMDb
- On the Beach at Night Alone at AllMovie
- On the Beach at Night Alone at Box Office Mojo
- On the Beach at Night Alone at HanCinema
- On the Beach at Night Alone at Metacritic
- On the Beach at Night Alone at Rotten Tomatoes
- On the Beach at Night Alone at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
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