RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

지금은맞고그때는틀리다

Directed by Hong Sang-soo

Masters / South Korea / 2015 / Comedy, Experimental / 121 mins / Korean with English subtitles / DCP

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RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 7:20 pm

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:25 pm

Description

Golden Leopard, 2015 Locarno International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

As in many a Hong Sang-soo film, a director meets a pretty young artist. There are drinks, unseemly interactions, and inevitably more drinks. But in its depiction, once again a marvel of cinematic structure, the narrative fissures into any number of other possibilities, revealing a comical game of what-ifs and switched perspectives as delirious and puzzling as the romantic encounter itself. –Brian Hu

Official Selection, 2015 Busan International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam

Like in so many recent Hong Sang-soo films, an overconfident male director cruises his way around a young ingénue. She’s smarter than we think or he hopes, though her decisions to drink with and tempt him build a mystery worthy of the film’s mirror-game structure. Hong Sang-soo is a genius of deja-vu, and with the splendidly-titled RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN, drinks to all the comic permutations of what-ifs, switched perspectives, and unruly, mistimed romantic encounters. –Brian Hu

Director's Bio

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2004: Woman is the Future of Man (Official Selection, 2004 Cannes Film Festival)
2010: Hahaha (Prix Un Certain Regard, 2010 Cannes Film Festival)
2011: The Day He Arrives (Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival)
2013: Our Sunhi (Best Director, 2013 Locarno Film Festival)