Nobody's Daughter Haewon
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| Revised Romanization | Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nugu-ŭi ttal-to anin Haewŏn |
| Directed by | Hong Sang-soo |
| Produced by | Kim Kyeong-hee Hong Sang-soo |
| Written by | Hong Sang-soo |
| Starring |
Jung Eun-chae Lee Sun-kyun |
| Narrated by | Jung Eun-chae |
| Music by | Jeong Yong-jin |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo Park Hong-yeol |
| Edited by | Hahm Sung-won Son Yeon-ji |
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Production
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Jeonwonsa Films
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| Distributed by | Jeonwonsa Films JoseE Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (Hangul: 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원; RR: Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon) is a 2013 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo. The narrative is told in diary format and chronicles a few days in the life of a young woman (Jung Eun-chae) who spins into depression following the departure of her mother to Canada. She falls back on a troubled affair with a professor (Lee Sun-kyun), who offers to whisk her away.
The film made its world premiere and screened in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.
It was named #8 on Cahiers du Cinema's list of top films of 2013.
On March 21, 2012, on the way to having lunch with her mother Jin-joo (Kim Ja-ok) in Seochon (West Village; Hangul: 서촌), Jongno District, Seoul, film student and aspiring actress Haewon (Jung Eun-chae) bumps into French actress-singer Jane Birkin in the street and gets her autograph. Birkin says how much Haewon resembles her own daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, which pleases Haewon enormously. Immediately afterwards we find out that this meeting was actually a dream, one of several that Haewon is shown to have during the film. Haewon's mother is about to emigrate to Canada and stay with her brother, and asks Haewon about her future plans. Afterwards Haewon walks to Jongno Public Library, past Yoomyung-jang (lit. Hotel Famous) that has special memories for her. Later, in nearby Sajik Park, she meets her married ex-lover Lee Seong-joon (Lee Sun-kyun), a film director who is also her professor at college. They pass a restaurant, where they have already been spotted by his students, and decide to go in and have a meal with them. When Haewon is away from the table, the other students starts gossiping about how she is not pure Korean and comes from a wealthy family.
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