Hong Sangsoo
South Korea | 2011 | 79mins | 35mm | Black & White
Sungjoon, a filmmaker who is currently not making films, visits a close friend in Seoul. His sojourn there passes by in a fog of drinking and dining. Drunken dalliances and misunderstandings are the order. After extricating himself from an awkward encounter with an old girlfriend, Sungjoon passes his time in a quaint out-of-the-way bar called Novel,
where the bar owner – who strongly resembles his ex – catches his eye. Shot in sensuous monochrome, The Day He Arrives is a beautifully crafted, understated gem of comic observation, evocative of those magical early films of Jim Jarmusch that made you feel warm and fuzzy with the world.
Producer Kim Kyounghee
Print Source yura@finecut.co.kr
Part of:
Features 2011 »
Behold The Lamb 
Charlie Casanova 
Circus Fantasticus 
Dance Town 
Dharma Guns La Succession Starkov 
Flamingo No. 13 (Flamingo Shomare 13) 
Miss Bala 
Mothers (Majkl) 
Rat Trap (Rotilõks) 
Romantics Anonymous (Les Emotifs Anonymes) 
Sahkanaga 
Stranger Things 
The Conundrum 
The Door Ajar 
The Future 
The House Under The Water (Khaneye Zire âb) 
The Lotus Eaters 
The Other Side Of Sleep 
The Pier 
The Snow Queen (Lumekuninganna) 
Tree Keeper 
Weekend
