On the Beach at Night Alone

On the Beach at Night Alone
On the Beach at Night Alone
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hong Sang-soo
Written by	Hong Sang-soo
Produced by	Hong Sang-soo
Starring	Kim Min-hee; Seo Young-hwa; Kwon Hae-hyo; Jung Jae-young; Song Seon-mi; Moon Sung-keun;
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo; Park Hong-yeol;
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Production; company	Jeonwonsa Film Company
Distributed by	Contents Panda
Release dates	16 February 2017 (Berlin); 23 March 2017 (South Korea);
Running time	101 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$429,159

On the Beach at Night Alone (Korean: 밤의 해변에서 혼자; RR: Bamui Haebyeoneseo Honja) is a 2017 South Korean drama film written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival,^[2] where Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.^[3]

Premise

Young-hee is a washed-up actress who is stressed by a relationship with a married man in Korea. On the beach, she wonders if he misses her as she misses him.

Cast

Kim Min-hee as Young-hee
Seo Young-hwa as Jee-young
Kwon Hae-hyo as Chun-woo
Jung Jae-young as Myung-soo
Song Seon-mi as Jun-hee
Moon Sung-keun as Sang-won
Ahn Jae-hong as Seung-hee
Park Yea-ju as Do-hee
Gong Min-jeung as Ma-ri

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "On the Beach at Night Alone finds writer-director Sang-soo Hong working in a more personal vein—without losing the singular sensibilities that have informed much of his acclaimed earlier work.^[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[5]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2017	67th Berlin International Film Festival	Silver Bear for Best Actress	Kim Min-hee	Won
	67th Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	Hong Sang-soo	Nominated
	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards^[6]	Best Director	Hong Sang-soo	Nominated
	Jerusalem Film Festival^[7]	Wilf Family Foundation Award for Best International Film	On the Beach at Night Alone	Won
	37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards^[8]	Top Ten Films	On the Beach at Night Alone	Won
	26th Buil Film Awards	Best Actress	Kim Min-hee	Nominated
2018	23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards^[9]	Best Actress	Kim Min-hee	Nominated

References

^ "On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Competition and Berlinale Special – Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme" (Press release). Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "On the Beach at Night Alone". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "53회 영화부문 후보자·작품: 감독상". 제 53회 백상예술대상 (Baeksang Arts Awards) (in Korean). JTBC Plus. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Keslassy, Elsa (21 July 2017). "'Scaffolding,' 'On the Beach at Night Alone' Take Jerusalem Film Festival's Top Prizes". Variety.
^ "THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 30 October 2017.
^ "제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나". Newsen (in Korean). 3 May 2018.

External links

Cinema Guild official website
On the Beach at Night Alone at IMDb
On the Beach at Night Alone at Box Office Mojo
On the Beach at Night Alone at HanCinema
On the Beach at Night Alone at Metacritic
On the Beach at Night Alone at Rotten Tomatoes
On the Beach at Night Alone at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)

[1] "On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[Berlin-2] "Competition and Berlinale Special – Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme" (Press release). Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

[awards-3] "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[4] "On the Beach at Night Alone". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[5] "On the Beach at Night Alone". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

[6] "53회 영화부문 후보자·작품: 감독상". 제 53회 백상예술대상 (Baeksang Arts Awards) (in Korean). JTBC Plus. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[7] Keslassy, Elsa (21 July 2017). "'Scaffolding,' 'On the Beach at Night Alone' Take Jerusalem Film Festival's Top Prizes". Variety.

[8] "THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 30 October 2017.

[9] "제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나". Newsen (in Korean). 3 May 2018.

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v t e Films directed by Hong Sang-soo
1990s	The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996) The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)
2000s	Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002) Woman Is the Future of Man (2004) Tale of Cinema (2005) Woman on the Beach (2006) Night and Day (2008) Like You Know It All (2009)
2010s	Hahaha (2010) Oki's Movie (2010) The Day He Arrives (2011) In Another Country (2012) Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013) Our Sunhi (2013) Hill of Freedom (2014) Right Now, Wrong Then (2015) Yourself and Yours (2016) On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) Claire's Camera (2017) The Day After (2017) Grass (2018) Hotel by the River (2018)
2020s	The Woman Who Ran (2020) Introduction (2021) In Front of Your Face (2021) The Novelist's Film (2022) Walk Up (2022) In Water (2023) In Our Day (2023) A Traveler's Needs (2024) By the Stream (2024)