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The Day He Arrives ({{ko-hhrm|북촌 방향|北村方向|Bukchon Banghyang}}; lit. "In the direction of Bukchon" or "Bukchon-bound") is a 2011 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo.^[3]^[4] The film is in black and white.^[5] It premiered on 19 May 2011 in the Un Certain Regard section of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.^[6] The film received 45,223 admissions on its domestic release.

Plot

Seong-jun heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in Bukchon (North Village; {{ko-hhrm|북촌}}), Jongno District. When the friend does not answer his calls, Seong-jun wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while but soon part. He makes his way down to Insa-dong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them—Seong-jun used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend's house.

Unclear if it is the next day or some other day, Seong-jun is still wandering around Bukchon. He runs into the actress again. They talk and soon part. He eventually meets his friend and they head to a bar called Novel with a female professor his friend knows. The owner of the bar has a striking resemblance to Seong-jun's ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her.

Again unclear if it is the next day or some other day, Seong-jun goes to the Jeongdok Public Library with his friend and mentions that it was the first place he chased after a woman. Later, they have drinks with a former actor who had been doing business in Vietnam. The same female professor joins them and the four go to the bar called Soseol (lit. "Novel"). Seong-jun gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub.

Seong-jun may have spent a few days in Seoul with his friend, or it may still be his first day there. He may have learned something from the encounter with his ex-girlfriend, or may have to meet the woman who resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today’s worth of time, Seong-jun also has no other choice than to face his "today".

Cast

Reception

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Bukchon Directions|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W40&id=_fBUKCHONDIRECTION01|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2014-07-21}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The Day He Arrives (2012)|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dayhearrives.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2014-07-21}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Una|title=INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011090711410887534|publisher=10Asia|date=7 September 2011|accessdate=2014-07-21}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Una|title=INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011090714094566613|publisher=10Asia|date=7 September 2011|accessdate=2014-07-21}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/038680.pdf|title=The Day He Arrives - Press Kit|publisher=Finecut|accessdate=2014-07-21|language=French}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/File/Web/HORAIRES%202011/Horaire%20internet.pdf|title=Horaires 2011|language=French|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|accessdate=2011-05-10}}
7. ^{{Citation|title=The Day He Arrives|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-day-he-arrives|accessdate=2017-11-18}}

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