On the Beach at Night Alone

On the Beach at Night Alone 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, where Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.

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

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. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.