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Pardo for Best Performance, Ecumenical Jury Prize, Pardo for Best Direction, Locarno International Film Festival 2026
Sanghee visits her mother on Jeju Island with her brother after ten years. Her mother’s restaurant is now popular, while her stepfather is making a film about a grass tomb and his daughter has started painting. During their conversations, family members exchange unexpected news, unwanted advice and casual compliments. On the morning Sanghee leaves, the family watches one of her films.
Born in 1960 in Seoul, Korea, writer-director Hong Sangsoo studied theatre at Chungang University and pursued to California College of Arts and The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. The Day a Pig Fell into the Well in 1996 was his feature debut. Woman is the Future of Man screened in Cannes in 2004 and Hahaha earned the Prix Un Certain Regard in 2010. Our Sunhi won the Silver Leopard, and Right Now, Wrong Then won the Golden Leopard in Locarno.
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