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‘A Traveler’s Needs’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Plays A Woman Of Mystery In Hong Sang-Soo’s Frustrating Character Study – Berlin Film Festival
‘A Traveler’s Needs’ review: Isabelle Huppert plays a woman of mystery In Hong Sang-soo’s frustrating character study – Berlin Film Festival
That should ring alarm bells, given that everyone else treats makkeolli with circumspect respect, but it is her strangely malicious flirtations — when one of her clients is out of the room, she starts giggling manically at the woman’s husband like a boy-mad schoolgirl — that suggest sociopathy. The rocky outcrop in the park where Iris falls asleep when she has nothing else to do; the electrical mat she is seemingly using to measure currents in her feet; the rice wine habit: these things are indeed odd, but cannot sustain a narrative thread. Title: A Traveler’s Needs Festival: Berlin(Competition) International sales agent: Finecut Director/screenwriter: Hong Sang-soo Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Ha Seongguk, Kwan Haehyo Running time: 1 hr 30 mins
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