THE DAY SHE RETURNS

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE, 2026, 84 minutes, U12+, Korean w / English Subtitles

After getting married she gave up acting, then after getting divorced she decided to work again, and shot an independent film. Today, for the sake of that film's release, she is doing interviews. Having reached middle age, for the first time in a long while she is presenting her face to the world as an actor. She does three interviews at 30 minute intervals, and tries to answer each question as best as she can. After the interviews, she goes to the acting class she has recently joined. Her acting instructor tells her to try reenacting the interviews she did earlier that day. When she reaches the most important parts of the interviews, for some reason she cannot remember a thing. She is tired, and wants to go home. Her daughter is waiting.

Director

HONG Sang-soo

Cast

SONG Sun-mi, CHO Yun-hee, PARK Mi-so, KIM Sun-jin, KANG So-yi, OH Yun-su, HA Seong-guk, SHIN Seok-ho

Genre

Drama, Arthouse, Minimalism

Distributor

FINECUT