Ha Seong-guk

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 selection of the Cannes Film Festival, Hong Sangsoo again works his magic in this tale of an aging actress played by Lee Hyeyoung, meeting with a director in Seoul to stage a comeback film. With In Front of Your Face, Hong suggests that perhaps the most important things in this life are also the most immediate.