17th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 29 - Jul 15, 2018

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North American Premiere

Hit the Night

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While researching a screenplay, a young female filmmaker interviews a male friend over a long night of drinking, asking him alarmingly frank questions about his relationships and sex life. As their conversation gets more personal, her true agenda emerges. Writer-director Jeong Ga-young also stars as the sassy woman who reverses the male gaze in her delightfully humorous, deceptively simple chamber piece. Offering a female counterpoint to the work of Hong Sang-soo, Jeong boldly challenges sexual politics and has crafted a refreshing, much-needed expression of female empowerment.

Director: Jeong Ga-young
Cast: Hyung Seul-woo, Park Jong-hwan, Jeong Ga-young
Languages: Korean with English subtitles
2017; 85 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 6, 6:00pm
Film Society of Lincoln Center

Q&A with director/actress Jeong Ga-young

Jeong Ga-young
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A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts, Jeong Ga-young directed several short films before she self-financed her first feature, the black-and-white Bitch on the Beach (2016), in which she also played the titular and confrontational lead. Her sophomore film Hit the Night, screening at NYAFF, won her the Vision-Director’s Award at the Busan International Film Festival. While her simple style deliberately recalls the work of Hong Sangsoo, Jeong’s unique recipe - rebellious, smart, sexually frank and mildly melancholic with a spicy dash of feminism – proves her an exciting new voice to watch in South Korean cinema.