In Front Of Your Face

The film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Premiere section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

In Front of Your Face
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Korean	당신 얼굴 앞에서 dangsin eolgul ap-eseo
Directed by	Hong Sang-soo
Written by	Hong Sang-soo
Produced by	Hong Sang-soo Kim Min-hee
Starring	Lee Hye-young Cho Yun-hee Kwon Hae-hyo
Cinematography	Hong Sang-soo
Edited by	Hong Sang-soo
Music by	Hong Sang-soo
Production company	Jeonwonsa Film Co.
Distributed by	The Cinema Guild
Release dates	15 July 2021 (2021-07-15) (Cannes) 7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) (BIFF) 21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) (South Korea)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$41,279

Sangok, a former actress (Lee Hye-young) returns to visit family in Seoul, South Korea from the U.S. and stays with her sister, Jeongok (Cho Yunhee), in a high-rise apartment. Her sister takes her to meet with her nephew, Seungwon (Shin Seok-ho), who has a rice cake business and then visits her old house before she meets with a director looking for her to join him on a project. The director, Song Jaewon (Kwon Hae-hyo), has no immediate project but admires her work from decades ago. They meet at a cafe where they eat and drink at lot whereby she makes a confession about wanting to work as soon as possible.

• Lee Hye-young as Sang ok
• Jo Yoon-hee as Jeong ok
• Kwon Hae-hyo as Jae won
• Shin Seok-ho as Seung-won
• Kim Sae-byuk as old house owner
• Ha Seong-guk as assistant director
• Seo Young-hwa as passerby
• Lee Eun-mi as passerby
• Kang Yi-seo as Seung-won's girlfriend

The film was selected for screening in the 'Icon' category at 26th Busan International Film Festival, held from 6 to 15 October 2021.

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating, based on 14 reviews with an average rating of 7.70/10.