WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU (GEU JAYEONI NEGE MWORAGO HANI)
DIRECTOR: hong sangsoo
108 MINS, south korea, 2025, SUBTITLED
Official Selection, Main competition, Berlin International Film Festival 2025
closing film
Donghwa, a wandering poet in his thirties, drives his girlfriend Junhee to her parents’ home on the outskirts of Seoul. Though they’ve been dating for years, Junhee has never told her parents about him. When Donghwa steps out of his car to smoke and admire the house and its hilly garden, Junhee’s friendly father catches him, insisting on taking Donghwa’s classic car for a spin. The brief visit turns into an unexpected family day and evening, gradually revealing everyone’s true nature. Drifting between charm, clumsiness, and quiet cruelty, this is another playful and vital meditation on human nature by Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, a festival regular and much-loved director.
NOTES BY MARIE-PIERRE RICHARD
