by Kathy Fennessy
South Korea is known for many things, not least its addictive soap operas. The prolific Hong Sang-soo, who specializes in films about self-pitying alcoholics, created a real-life K-drama when he had an affair with The Handmaiden star Kim Min-hee, a willowy woman with a dreamy effect. Any other director might have kept a low profile until things blew over, but Hong made a movie about it, On the Beach at Night Alone, and cast Min-hee as Young-hee, an actress much like herself.
South Korea is known for many things, not least its addictive soap operas. The prolific Hong Sang-soo, who specializes in films about self-pitying alcoholics, created a real-life K-drama when he had an affair with The Handmaiden star Kim Min-hee, a willowy woman with a dreamy effect. Any other director might have kept a low profile until things blew over, but Hong made a movie about it, On the Beach at Night Alone, and cast Min-hee as Young-hee, an actress much like herself.
