| On the Beach at Night Alone | |
| Director: | Hong Sang-soo |
| Producer: | Hong Sang-soo |
| Editing: | Hahm Sung-won |
| Studio: | Jeonwonsa Film Company |
| Distributor: | Contents Panda |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Gross: | $429,159[1] |
On the Beach at Night Alone is a 2017 South Korean drama film written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival,[2] where Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.[3]
Young-hee is a washed-up actress who is stressed by a relationship with a married man in Korea. On the beach, she wonders if he misses her as she misses him.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "On the Beach at Night Alone finds writer-director Sang-soo Hong working in a more personal vein—without losing the singular sensibilities that have informed much of his acclaimed earlier work.[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[5]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 67th Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Kim Min-hee | |
| Golden Bear | Hong Sang-soo | |||
| 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards[6] | Best Director | |||
| Jerusalem Film Festival[7] | Wilf Family Foundation Award for Best International Film | On the Beach at Night Alone | ||
| 37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[8] | Top Ten Films | |||
| 26th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 2018 | 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards[9] |