The Novelist's Film

2022 / 92’ / Korea / In Korean with Chinese and English subtitles / Black and White

★ 2022 Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

★ 2022 New York Film Festival

★ 2022 Busan International Film Festival - Icon


A female novelist takes a long trip to visit a bookstore, run by a younger colleague who has fallen out of touch. Then she goes up a tower on her own and runs into a film director and his wife. They take a walk in a park and meet an actress, after which the novelist tries to convince the actress to make a film with her. She and the actress get something to eat, then revisit the bookstore where a group of people are drinking.

The actress gets drunk and falls asleep...

Cast: Lee Hyeyoung, Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Kwon Haehyo

About us

The Cinematheque・Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão which is a narrow and romantic bystreet branching off the famous World Heritage Site "Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral" (the "St. Paul's Cathedral Site") in the Historic Centre of Macau. A three-storey building equipped with ticket office, screening room, control room, film information room and exhibition space.
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Ticket Office Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Film Information Room Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Exhibition Space Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
(Closes on Mondays, opens during public holidays.)

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Phone (+853) 2852 2585
Email cinematheque.passion@gmail.com
Address No. 9-13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau