In Front of Your Face

In Front of Your Face (Korean: 당신 얼굴 앞에서; RR: Dangsin eolgul apeseo) is a 2021 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo. The film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Premiere section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

Sangok, a former actress (Lee Hye-young) returns to visit family in Seoul, South Korea from the U.S. and stays with her sister, Jeongok (Cho Yunhee), in a high-rise apartment. Her sister takes her to meet with her nephew, Seungwon (Shin Seok-ho), who has a rice cake business and then visits her old house before she meets with a director looking for her to join him on a project. The director, Song Jaewon (Kwon Hae-hyo), has no immediate project but admires her work from decades ago. They meet at a cafe where they eat and drink at lot whereby she makes a confession about wanting to work as soon as possible.

Cast

• Lee Hye-young as Sang ok
• Jo Yoon-hee as Jeong ok
• Kwon Hae-hyo as Jae won
• Shin Seok-ho as Seung-won
• Kim Sae-byuk as old house owner
• Ha Seong-guk as assistant director
• Seo Young-hwa as passerby
• Lee Eun-mi as passerby
• Kang Yi-seo as Seung-won's girlfriend

Release and reception

The film was selected for screening in the 'Icon' category at 26th Busan International Film Festival, held from 6 to 15 October 2021.

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating, based on 14 reviews with an average rating of 7.70/10.

Accolades

External links

• at IMDb
• at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)