The prolific filmmaker is back atBerlinwithA Travelers Needs, his seventh film in three years.
I start with some objectives and then I have a recognized working method that I have developed.
And I believe in a certain happening between people, he continued.
Isabelle Huppert and Hong Sang-sooAndreas Rentz/Getty Images
She said this is largely thanks to his process of working without a script.
And this is why I like working with Hong.
You really cannot go to work with him the same way you go with another director.
Its really a unique experience.
The pic also stars Sangsoo regulars Lee Hyeyoung and Kwon Haehyo.
The vague official synopsis reads: This woman who came from who knows where says she came from France.
She was sitting on a bench in a neighborhood park, diligently playing a childs recorder.
With no money or means of supporting herself, she was advised to teach French.
In that way she became a teacher to two Korean women.
She likes to walk barefoot on the ground and lie down on rocks.
But life remains as hard as ever.
She relies on Makkeolli every day for a small bit of comfort.
Finecut is handling international sales on the pic.A Travelers Needsdebuts this evening in competition in Berlin.
The Berlinale runs until February 25.
