The Novelist's Film

The Novelist's Film
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
소설가의 영화
Hanja
小說家의 映畫
Revised RomanizationSoseolgaui Yeonghwa
Directed byHong Sang-soo
Written byHong Sang-soo
Produced byHong Sang-soo
StarringLee Hye-young
Kim Min-hee
Seo Young-hwa
CinematographyHong Sang-soo
Edited byHong Sang-soo
Music byHong Sang-soo
Production
company
Jeonwonsa Film Co
Distributed by
  • All Film Production Company
  • Content Panda
  • Finecut
Release dates
  • 16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) (Berlin)
  • 21 April 2022 (2022-04-21) (South Korea)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budgetest. US$71,560[1]

The Novelist's Film (Korean: 소설가의 영화, romanized: Soseolgaui Yeonghwa) is a 2022 South Korean black and white drama film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored and edited by Hong Sang-soo. The Novelist's Film, starring Lee Hye-young and Kim Min-hee, was described as the film that "celebrates the beauty of chance encounters, while talking about the importance of authenticity in the dishonest world of cinema" by the executive director Carlo Chatrian of 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it premiered in the competition section on February 16, 2022. It is the third consecutive year that Hong Sang-soo has been invited to the festival.[2] The film won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the festival, which is the 4th for Sang-soo.[3] It was released theatrically in South Korea on April 21, 2022.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference box:korea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Patrick Frater (January 19, 2022). "Hong Sang-soo's Third Successive Berlin Competition Title 'The Novelist's Film' Picked up by Finecut". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Lee Jae-hoon (February 17, 2022). "홍상수, 베를린영화제 4번째 은곰상…김민희 "감동적"(종합)" [Hong Sang-soo, the 4th Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival... Kim Min-hee "Inspiring" (Comprehensive)]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 17, 2022.