“Funny, wry, and emotionally acute.”
—TimeOut

“If Cassavetes had been born uptight, pissed off, and South Korean, he might have made this movie.”
—Film Comment

“Hong Sang-soo’s films unpeel like an orange.”
—Martin Scorsese

Two old friends decide over beers to seek out an old flame. What could possibly go wrong? Praised by Martin Scorsese for his “masterful sense of storytelling,” Hong Sang-soo’s fifth feature set the blueprint for his career to come. Like Korea’s answer to Éric Rohmer, Hong’s chatter is playful, wry, and unassuming, and this early masterpiece begs its audiences to “listen for the meaning hidden between the seemingly inconsequential, everyday dialogue.”