A Traveler's Needs

A Traveler’s Needs
A Traveler’s Needs
Hangul	여행자의 필요
Revised Romanization	Yeohaengjaui pilyo
Directed by	Hong Sang-soo
Written by	Hong Sang-soo
Produced by	Hong Sang-soo
Starring	Isabelle Huppert; Lee Hye-young; Kwon Hae-hyo;
Cinematography	Hong Sang-soo
Edited by	Hong Sang-soo
Music by	Hong Sang-soo
Production; company	Jeonwonsa Film Company;
Release dates	19 February 2024 (Berlinale); 24 April 2024 (South Korea);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	South Korea;
Languages	English; French; Korean;

A Traveler's Needs (Korean: 여행자의 필요) is a 2024 South Korean drama film, written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, starring Isabelle Huppert.^[2]

The film had its world premiere in the Main Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.^[3]^[4]

Premise

A French woman, who initially played a child’s recorder in a park and faced financial struggles, eventually became a French teacher for two women, finding solace in lying down on rocks and relying on makgeolli for comfort.^[5]

Cast

Isabelle Huppert^[6]
Lee Hye-young
Kwon Hae-hyo
Cho Yun-hee
Ha Seong-guk
Kim Seung-yoon

Release

It was also selected in Icons at the 29th Busan International Film Festival to be screened on October 4, 2024.^[7] It has been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section.^[8]

References

^ "A Traveler's Needs". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Isabelle Huppert-Starring Berlin Competition Film 'A Traveler's Needs' Picked Up by Finecut". Variety. 22 January 2024.
^ "Hong Sang-soo's 'A Traveler's Needs' invited to 74th Berlinale". The Korea Hearld. 23 January 2024.
^ "Finecut picks up Hong Sangsoo's Berlin Competition drama 'A Traveler's Needs'". screendaily.
^ A Traveler's Needs (2024), retrieved 2024-02-22
^ "Yeohaengjaui pilyo | A Traveler's Needs". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^ "The 29th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List". Busan International Film Festival. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ Scroll Staff (2024-10-09). "MAMI Mumbai Film Festival will open with Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine as Light'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-10-11.

External links

A Traveler's Needs at IMDb

[1] "A Traveler's Needs". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[2] "Isabelle Huppert-Starring Berlin Competition Film 'A Traveler's Needs' Picked Up by Finecut". Variety. 22 January 2024.

[3] "Hong Sang-soo's 'A Traveler's Needs' invited to 74th Berlinale". The Korea Hearld. 23 January 2024.

[4] "Finecut picks up Hong Sangsoo's Berlin Competition drama 'A Traveler's Needs'". screendaily.

[5] A Traveler's Needs (2024), retrieved 2024-02-22

[6] "Yeohaengjaui pilyo | A Traveler's Needs". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[7] "The 29th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List". Busan International Film Festival. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[8] Scroll Staff (2024-10-09). "MAMI Mumbai Film Festival will open with Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine as Light'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-10-11.

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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)