Woman Is the Future of Man (Korean: 여자는 남자의 미래다 ; RR: Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda) is a 2004 South Korean film directed by Hong Sang-soo. The film was not a box-office hit, but was tered in the competition category of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
And received screings at several other festivals. The title of the film is a translation of a line from a poem by Louis Aragon that the director saw printed on a Frch postcard.
The plot revolves loosely around two old frids: Lee Mun-ho (Yoo Ji-tae), a university art teacher and Kim Hyeon-gon (Kim Tae-woo), a graduate from an American film school who has rectly returned to his home country. While having dinner in a restaurant, Kim convinces Lee to arrange a meeting betwe them and Kim's old girlfrid Park Seon-hwa (Sung Hyun-ah). Unbeknownst to Kim, however, Lee had become involved in a relationship with her after Kim's departure to the United States. The three meet for a night of drinking, as past tsions and attractions reemerge. In the d, both self-ctered m abandon Park as they had years ago.
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Woman Is the Future of Man was co-financed by South Korean production companies UniKorea and Miracin Korea, and Frch producer Marin Karmitz's company MK2.
The film was released in South Korea on May 5, 2004. It didn't joy a particularly successful theatrical run; the total attdance figure of 284, 872 ranked it 46th out of 75 domestic feature-lgth releases in the country in 2004.
Yoo Ji-tae played parts in both films; he had the role of the main antagonist in Oldboy. Unlike Oldboy, Woman Is the Future of Man did not win any of the awards and reportedly met with a mostly unthusiastic reception.
Yeojaneun Namjaui Miraeda (woman Is The Future Of Man). 2004. Written And Directed By Hong Sang Soo
It was the third film of director Hong Sang-soo to be screed in Cannes, following The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) and Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), and the first to be tered in the competition category.
The film was also screed at the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival and the Pusan International Film Festival.
Critics gave mixed to positive reviews for the film. On review aggregator website Rott Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10.
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On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating gerally favorable reviews.
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, reviewing the film during the New York Film Festival, called it intellectually stimulating [and] aesthetically bold, and mtioned its suitability for an art-house crowd.
Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter was less positive, calling the film amateurish, a dud compositionally and accused the story of being plodding.
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On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating gerally favorable reviews.
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, reviewing the film during the New York Film Festival, called it intellectually stimulating [and] aesthetically bold, and mtioned its suitability for an art-house crowd.
Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter was less positive, calling the film amateurish, a dud compositionally and accused the story of being plodding.
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