Daytime Drinking

Not Sool

(South Korea, 2008, 116 mins)

35mm

Midwest Premiere

writer, producer, music, cinematographer, film editor: Young-Seok Noh
producer: Moon Hay-sook
cast: Sam-dong Song, Sang-yeup Yuk, Kang-hee Kim, Sueng-jun Tak, Lan-hee Lee, Un-seop Sin, Soo-an Yoon, Seung-yeon Lee

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This debut film introduces a filmmaker with a natural, impeccable sense of comic timing. Okay, maybe not every scene is in focus, but let’s forgive: filmmaker Young-seok Noh wrote, filmed, editing, and directed the entire film. And wrote the music. After breaking up with his girlfriend, Hyuk-jin hits a bar in Seoul with his friends. They plan to take a trip to a festival in the Korean countryside to console Hyuk-jin's broken heart. Totally drunk, they decide to rendezvous at the village the next day. However, when Hyuk-Jin gets off the bus in Jeongseon, he finds out he's the only one that made the trip. Over the next few days, Hyuk-jin finds himself in a series of increasingly bizarre and hilarious situations, most of them aided by the fact that, due to his respect for the etiquette of Korean drinking culture, Hyuk-jin finds it difficult to refuse a drink when someone offers him one. With his friends still saying they'll come, but not showing up, and his wallet gone, Hyuk-jin has to figure out how get out of what must surely be the world's worst hangover, get back to Seoul, and end his drunken odyssey. 2008 Toronto Film Festival.

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