Director Hong Sang-soo stood on the red carpet at the Berlin International Film Festival without his girlfriend Kim Min-hee this year. Next to him was French actress Isabelle Huppert, the star of the new film ‘The Traveler’s Need’.
Director Hong Sang-soo attended the red carpet and press conference at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, on the 19th (local time). He was invited to the competition section of this film festival for his new film ‘The Traveler’s Need’.
On this day, director Hong Sang-soo stood on the red carpet with Isabelle Huppert instead of his girlfriend Kim Min-hee, who was with him every year at the film festival. They were followed by actors such as Kwon Hae-hyo, Jo Yoon-hee, Ha Seong-guk, and Kim Seung-yoon. Kim Min-hee was not seen at the press conference either.
‘The Traveler’s Need’ is the third collaboration between Isabelle Huppert and director Hong Sang-soo. Isabelle Huppert appeared in Hong Sang-soo’s ‘In Another Country’ (2012) and ‘Claire’s Camera’ (2017).
Director Hong, who was invited to the Berlin International Film Festival for five consecutive years with this film following ‘The Woman Who Ran’, ‘Introduction’, ‘A Novelist’s Film’, and ‘In the Water’, has a deep connection with this film festival. Her previous work, ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’, won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, ‘The Woman Who Ran’ won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, and ‘Introduction’ won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. , which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Silver Bear Award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival as a ‘novelist’s film’.
Minhee Kim has been with director Hong at the Berlin International Film Festival every year since 2017, when she presented ‘Alone on the Beach at Night’. Kim Min-hee not only plays the lead role in director Hong’s films, but also plays the role of a cinematic companion in films such as ‘In Front of Your Face’, ‘Tower’, ‘In the Water’, and ‘Our Day’.
Meanwhile, the Berlin International Film Festival opened on the 15th and continues in Berlin, Germany until the 25th. ‘The Traveler’s Need’ is scheduled to meet domestic audiences in the first half of this year after its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
(Seoul = News 1)
