Grass

For his 22nd feature as director, Hong delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an old man tries to rekindle a flame with a younger woman, a narcissistic filmmaker works to put together his next project all while Areum types. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what s been written? As the dramas inside the cafe unfold, the plants outside grow taller.