Lee Hye-young

A legendary assassin in her sixties is targeted by a young killer seeking revenge. As her body betrays her and enemies close in, she unleashes decades of lethal skill in a final, explosive fight for survival.

Flushed with the waning light of summer, this cinematic drift through Seoul marks another winning collaboration for Korean maestro Hong Sang-soo and Isabelle Huppert. Between sips of makgeolli, chance connections and found poetry blur the gaps between languages and cultures with luminous delight.

A nightly news anchor receives a distressing phone call from a mother saying that a man has broken into her house and will kill her.