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    A TRAVELER’S NEEDS

    Directed by Hong Sangsoo
    South Korea | 90 minutes | Modern Masters

Film Festival 2025

In this enigmatic comedy, a mysterious French woman (Isabelle Huppert) drifts through Seoul, blending into the everyday and vanishing into the background. Struggling without money or means, she finds solace in makgeolli (Korean rice wine), and takes up work as a French teacher for two Korean women.

film details

Director: Hong Sangsoo
Producers: Hong Sangsoo
Screenwriter: Hong Sangsoo
Cinematographers: Hong Sangsoo
Editor: Hong Sangsoo
Music: Hong Sangsoo
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Ha Seongguk, Kim Seungyun, Kang Soyi, Ha Jinwha
Original Language Title: Yeohaengjaui pilyo
Country: South Korea
Language: In English and French, Korean with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director Filmography: In Our Day (PSIFF 2024), In Front of Your Face (2021), Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), The Day He Arrives (2011), Woman on the Beach (PSIFF 2007)
Awards: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
Primary Company: The Cinema Guild
Contact Email: info@cinemaguild.com

Film Festival 2025