Hotel by the River

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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 26, 2019
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Cinema Guild

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Total Count: 41

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User Ratings: 49
Hong Sang-soo was the most reliable auteur of the decade... Full Review
Chicago Reader
Dec 30, 2019
It's an explosive, soul-baring display from a filmmaker who hasn't lost - and indeed, may be rediscovering - his capacity for surprise. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Dec 18, 2019
Awash with sighs, pauses and gazes between the rueful dialogue, Hong’s loose screenplay alternates between two shaggy concurrent strands, which intersect only in passing, polite ways.
Variety
Aug 9, 2019
HOTEL BY THE RIVER has its share of amusingly meandering banter...
Film Comment
Jan 1, 2019
Builds from a series of slight vignettes into a moving story of an ageing poet trying to take stock of his life in what may be his waning days. Full Review
ScreenAnarchy
Dec 18, 2019
Shot in wintry black-and-white, Hotel by the River folds Hong's usual concerns into a structure that's more complex than usual. Full Review
NPR
Feb 14, 2019
Rating: 3/4 -- Hong's free style isn't showy; there's a stillness holding the film together at all times. Full Review
RogerEbert.com
Feb 15, 2019

Product Description:

Fearing his life is coming to an end, poet Younghwan (Ki Joobong) asks his two estranged sons Kyungsoo (Kwon Haehyo) and Byungsoo (Yu Junsang) to visit him at a hotel near Han River. With family relations strained, he tries to reconnect and tie up loose ends before he passes away. Amidst all the tension, he sees two women out in the snow and he finds himself drawn to them wanting to find out their story. Written and directed by Sang-soo Hong.

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  • Sales Rank: 106,905
  • UPC: 881164001313
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