Tale of Cinema Page #3

Synopsis: In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her : she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sang-soo Hong
Production: MK2 Diffusion
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2005
89 min
184 Views


Your older colleague Yi Hyongsu...

Some here are the same age...

He allowed me

to make my film debut.

I haven't seen him for a long time.

It's his fault as much as mine.

But, at this moment in time,

I feel as if It's my fault.

Mr. Yi, I'm really,

really sorry.

We shall make no promises

Even if we part

We'll be able to move away from each other.

Without too much pain

We shall not leave In the loved one's heart

Nothing but light memories easy to cast aside

Now I know

A love that is too deep

Comes to an unhappy end

I shall pray, my love

For my next love to be different

from ours and so know no suffering

We're all fans of yours.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

Would you do a commercial for me?

I'd be delighted.

- Wonderful! It's been a pleasure.

- For me too.

Don't look down on serials.

I don't look down on anything.

Go back inside.

- Take care.

- Goodbye.

Where are you going?

You scared me.

Where have you been?

No reason to be scared.

I was the one who chose the song.

I know.

Where are you going?

Me?

I'm going to Kyonghi University Hospital.

To see Yi.

I see.

Can you visit this late?

I don't know.

I'll see.

They're saying It's serious.

I must go too.

Shall I come with you?

I'm going alone.

- Stay with your friends.

- That's not important.

What's the matter?

You're a strange guy.

Is it tough being an actress?

Can I tell you about my ideal?

No. The taxi Is here.

Go back in.

I didn't know you had a limp.

What? You didn't?

Don't talk rubbish!

Has she left?

She's really pretty.

- She's a good actress. Too bad.

- What?

Nobody offers her anything

since her accident.

What accident?

She had a friend. An artist.

When she tried to leave him,

he attacked her.

Is that true?

She's covered with scars.

She's had several operations

in the USA.

But she still has some,

especially in intimate places.

Really?

What places?

How should I know?

in certain places...

intimate places.

Give me a cigarette.

You never noticed I limped?

I find you everywhere I go!

Yes. I'm broke.

I've lost my wallet.

That's a nuisance.

I have some cigarettes left

and enough for the subway.

Do you want me

to lend you some money?

That would be kind.

No, forget it.

Actually, my heart has a problem.

Buy me a drink instead.

Your heart has a problem?

Yes. Yongsil...

you look like an angel...

You're laughing?

You're saying that

because of that angel statue.

No,

you're my feminine ideal.

You're repeating yourself.

it made me cry.

You can tell, can't you?

Yes, I can.

I'd like to smoke a cigarette.

Come with me, then.

it seems

that Yi's condition Is serious.

What can we do?

Did the doctor tell you?

Yes, the one treating him.

It's what he implies.

Today's dawn could be his last.

I feel so sorry for him.

Today's dawn?

Come over here

to smoke a cigarette.

Well, all right.

Why did you keep your name

in the film?

Was it Yi's idea?

For a short film, it didn't matter.

Really?

Yi himself performed in the film.

While we were shooting it,

everyone had a good time.

Were you dating each other?

No...

He's the one who gave me my start.

I'm grateful to him for that.

Thanks to that, I've appeared

in some quality productions.

Yeah

I was shooting my second film,

when he called me. And...

he said... I had made a lot of money.

That I had succeeded thanks to him.

He was asking me for money.

It's tough being an actress!

He was preying on your pity.

How much did he want?

He talked about a loan

but wanted me to give it to him.

That's what he wanted.

I hesitated for a few days.

He called me back, we saw each other.

He apologized, in tears.

He was really crying.

He said he had been drinking.

All the same,

I never felt like seeing him again.

I see.

I have to tell you...

That film tells my story.

I had told it to him

as a secret.

I can't forgive him

for having made it public.

I was shocked. it was your story?

What part? All of it?

All of it. Going to a hotel to die.

Sharing out the pills one by one.

I told him everything.

Even the snow before the suicide,

the Marlboro reds

that I couldn't find. All that.

I like the bit with the Marlboros.

You told him all that!

Not exactly,

but, back then,

he saw me smoking them all the time.

Really?

When you're part of a filmmaker's entourage,

you tend to think like that.

As soon as you spot a coincidence,

you think It's because of you.

We all think

the world revolves around us.

But does all that really matter now?

Does it matter?

Tongsu.

I was just telling you all that.

What are we going to do?

We've had too much to drink.

Do you really bear a grudge

against Yi?

He was a big influence on me.

He did everything

I'd have liked to do.

I was jealous.

He was excessively proud,

although he had no reason to be.

I'm as good as him.

He acted like my mentor

and wanted me

to recognize him as such.

No way! I didn't like that.

Don't get angry.

Don't hate him.

He's dying.

So are we.

You're exaggerating.

I don't like that.

All right.

I'm too fond of drinking.

Life Is too tough. It's too...

Sorry.

I love you.

Do you mean it?

You're talking rubbish.

- You're forgetting your change.

- Yes.

Goodbye.

Thank you.

- That was delicious. Thank you.

- You're welcome...

Wrap up warmly.

I'm drunk.

Be careful.

Are you okay?

I don't feel good.

I'm sorry, It's my fault.

How dare you touch me?

it will be all right...

You're hurting me.

There's nothing special

about an actress, you know.

She's a woman like any other.

I know.

I love you.

- Is that true?

- That's good.

I love you so much.

Is that true? You like it?

Yes.

I'd like to come.

I'd really like to come.

I love you.

Make me come.

- No... stop it.

- I'm sorry?

Stop it.

I love you.

Stop it.

Stop it.

Stop it.

What?

Why are you looking at me?

No reason.

You don't have any scars.

Scars?

I was told you had scars.

Who told you that?

I have scars?

I can't tell you.

Wait.

Wait.

Something wrong?

Why are you leaving?

What have I done?

Nothing. You haven't done anything.

Why?

No reason.

What if we died?

if you want, before dying,

we could live another six months!

We'd love each other intensely.

Enough.

Are you going to stay?

I'm leaving.

Don't go.

I'd like to rest a little longer.

I have to leave.

I need to go somewhere.

But will you come back?

Come back. Please.

I'll see.

Go on, sleep.

Excuse me, but...

Leave me something

that I can keep.

Something...?

I don't think

you really understood the film.

Did you sleep well?

I didn't sleep.

I'm coming to see the patient.

It's true...

You didn't know I was here.

Did you spend the night here?

Yes. His condition has improved.

The crisis Is over.

Really?

That's good.

But it could start again.

I have to go.

Go on!

- Wait!

- What?

You must be tired,

but give me a second.

I'm worn out.

I haven't slept.

You had a good time,

so that's enough now!

Go home. Rest.

It'll be all right.

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