U.S. label Grasshopper Film has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Hong Sang-soo's film Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), starring Jeong Jae-yeong, Kim Min-hee, and Yoon Yeo-jung. The release will be available for purchase on April 25.
In 2015, the film won the prestigious Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Synopsis: Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture, he stops by a restored palace and meets a fledgling artist. She's never seen any of his films, but knows he's famous. They talk, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, and they have sushi and soju. More conversation follows, along with more drinks, and then an awkward get-together with friends where all sorts of secrets are revealed. All the while, they may or may not be falling for each other. Then, quite unexpectedly, we begin again, but now things appear somewhat different. An uncanny romantic comedy, Right Now, Wrong Then is a deliciously intricate masterwork from filmmaker Hong Sangsoo.
Special Features:
Lost in the Mountains (2009, 31 minutes), a short film by Hong Sang-soo
Video introduction by filmmaker/critic Dan Sallitt (25 minutes)
Press Conference with director Hong Sangsoo and actress Kim Minhee at the 68th Locarno Film Festival (19 minutes)