Ad Lib Night
Aju Tukbyulhan Sonnym

South Korea, 2006, 99 min
In Korean with English subtitles

Directed By: Lee Yoon-ki
Writer: Lee Yoon-ki
Producers: Yun Il-joong, Lee Dong-yoon
Cinematographer: Choi Sang-ho
Editor: Kim Hyung-Joo, Jeong Kwang-jun
Music: Kim Jung-bum
Cast: Han Hyo-joo, Kim Young-min, Choi Ill-hwa, Kim Joong-ki

As Lee Yoon-ki’s richly observed family portrait opens, three men approach a young woman they take to be a long-lost friend. The girl denies knowing them, but she still agrees to their desperate request: pretend to be the estranged daughter of a man on his deathbed. Once at the dying man’s home, the presence of this apparent stranger draws out long-held family secrets and resentments over the course of a single night. Lee gives his excellent ensemble cast time and space to build layered performances in this captivating, sometimes poignant, slice of life. More ...

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