Slideshow
A TRAVELER’S NEEDS
Opens Friday, November 22
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HONG SANGSOO
STARRING ISABELLE HUPPERT
“My path is always a new path”: Isabelle Huppert plays Iris, an inscrutable, seemingly dropped-from-the-sky French teacher to two Korean women in A TRAVELER’S NEEDS, “Hong Sangsoo’s funniest film in years” – The Film Stage. While Iris seems perfectly at ease as a stranger in Seoul — trying out her osmotic language technique (no textbooks), gamely questioning anyone she meets, and pursuing her craving for makgeolli (a milky rice wine) — she arouses curiosity and awkward confusion from her clients and the mother of her young male roommate. Is she a naif whose enigmatic allure illuminates the souls of those she encounters? Or is she a con artist?
Presented with support from The Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films
2024 90 MIN. SOUTH KOREA CINEMA GUILD
IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Reviews
“Gleefully hilarious and unmistakably mysterious… Huppert is especially sensational, blending a deft sense of innocence with a hint of mischievousness for a character that makes you wish the actress was your best friend.”
– Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
“[A] short, shimmery comedy of the elusive human condition.”
– Guy Lodge, Variety
“Subtle and gently perplexing, but very satisfying…One of [Hong’s] more enigmatic and alluring works.”
– Jonathan Romney, Screen