Hotel by the River, Trailer, Opens Feb. 15

Hong Sangsoo s Hotel by the River opens exclusively at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on February 15, 2019. Get tickets: Two tales intersect at a riverside hotel: an elderly poet (Ki Joobong), invited to stay there for free by the owner, summons his two estranged sons, sensing his life drawing to a close; and a young woman (Kim Minhee) nursing a recently broken heart is visited by a friend who tries to console her. At times these threads overlap, at others they run tantalizingly close to each other. Using a stark blackandwhite palette and handheld cinematography (with frequent DP Kim Hyungku), Hong crafts an affecting examination of family, mortality, and the ways in which we attempt to heal wounds old and fresh. An NYFF56 selection. A Cinema Guild release. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is devoted to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema. The only branch of the worldrenowned arts complex Lincoln Center to shine a light on the everlasting yet