FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2023

CINEMA GUILD ACQUIRES HONG SANGSOO’S IN OUR DAY, THE CLOSING NIGHT FILM OF CANNES’ DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

NEW YORK, NY (May 24, 2023) – Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of North American distribution rights for In Our Day, directed by Hong Sangsoo. The film will premiere later this week as the closing night film in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. Cinema Guild will release the film in theaters following its North American festival premiere later this year.

Sangwon (Kim Minhee), an actress recently returned to South Korea, is temporarily staying with her friend, Jungsoo (Song Sunmi), and her cat, Us. Elsewhere in the city, the aging poet Uiju (Ki Joobong) lives alone, his cat having recently passed away. On this ordinary day, each of them has a visitor: Sangwon is visited by her cousin, Jisoo (Park Miso) and Uiju, by a young actor, Jaewon (Ha Seongguk). Each of them wants to learn about a career in the arts. But they also have bigger questions. Both Sangwon and Uiju have ramyun noodles for lunch and they both add hot pepper paste to their ramyun noodles, not a very common thing to do. As our friends talk and drink the day away, similarities between these encounters multiply and we begin to realize they may be more than just mere coincidence.

With his 30th feature film, Hong demonstrates a new level of mastery of his art, using long, deceptively elaborate shots to articulate the simplest of pleasures: an inter-species encounter, the discovery of a new drink, a game of rock paper scissors. Kim and Ki lead an outstanding cast of the most natural of performers. In Our Day is a film to drink of deeply, to share with friends, and afterward, to reflect on what matters most.

“Adding to the rich tableau of his work, Hong Sangsoo’s In Our Day not only makes us laugh, it makes us think about what it means to be alive,” said Cinema Guild President Peter Kelly. “It’s a gift that we hope continues and continues.”

The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Youngjoo Suh of Finecut.

The film is Hong’s 12th to premiere at Cannes, where most recently he unveiled In Front of Your Face in Cannes Premiere in 2021. Cinema Guild now handles 20 films by the director. Their first collaboration was The Day He Arrives, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2011 and will be released for the first time on Blu-ray later this year.

A premier distributor of world cinema, independent films and documentaries, Cinema Guild’s upcoming releases include Claire Simon’s Our Body and Angela Schanelec’s Music. Recent releases include Hong Sangsoo’s Walk Up, Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen.

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