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Nowhere To Lay My Eyes
Hong Sangsoo
North American Premiere
Hong Sangsoo follows Sanghee (Kim Min-hee), an experimental filmmaker on a rare visit to see her semi-estranged mother (Choi Myung-gil), in this emotionally grounded yet customarily elusive exploration of aging, family, and the artistic impulse. Winner of Best Direction and Best Performance (Kim Min-hee) at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival.
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Year
- 2026
- More information
- Official film page
Screenings
In this emotionally grounded yet customarily elusive exploration of aging, family, and the artistic impulse, Hong Sangsoo follows Sanghee (Kim Min-hee), an experimental filmmaker on a rare visit to see her semi-estranged mother (Choi Myung-gil), who would like her daughter to be a more constant presence in her life. Having journeyed from Seoul to Jeju Island, accompanied by her more straitlaced brother (Shin Seok-ho), Sanghee first meets her mother’s new husband (Kwon Hae-hyo), a sometime documentarian, and his daughter (Park Mi-so), an artistic kindred spirit to whom she hesitantly bonds. In the minute yet deeply felt interactions among these five characters, who prove as mercurial as the island’s weather, Hong inquires gently about the process of creation versus the responsibilities of parental caregiving, asking how they might coexist. At the center of Hong’s 35th feature is a performance of delicate complexity by Kim Min-hee, a lifetime of unspoken history playing across her face as she is drawn back into the family orbit. A Cinema Guild release.
In this emotionally grounded yet customarily elusive exploration of aging, family, and the artistic impulse, Hong Sangsoo follows Sanghee (Kim Min-hee), an experimental filmmaker on a rare visit to see her semi-estranged mother (Choi Myung-gil), who would like her daughter to be a more constant presence in her life. Having journeyed from Seoul to Jeju Island, accompanied by her more straitlaced brother (Shin Seok-ho), Sanghee first meets her mother’s new husband (Kwon Hae-hyo), a sometime documentarian, and his daughter (Park Mi-so), an artistic kindred spirit to whom she hesitantly bonds. In the minute yet deeply felt interactions among these five characters, who prove as mercurial as the island’s weather, Hong inquires gently about the process of creation versus the responsibilities of parental caregiving, asking how they might coexist. At the center of Hong’s 35th feature is a performance of delicate complexity by Kim Min-hee, a lifetime of unspoken history playing across her face as she is drawn back into the family orbit. A Cinema Guild release.