Nowhere To Lay My Eyes (눈둘데가 없네)

Hong Sangsoo

Sanghee besucht mit ihrem Bruder ihre Mutter auf Jeju – zum ersten Mal seit 10 Jahren. Das Restaurant der Mutter ist ein Erfolg geworden. Ihr Stiefvater dreht einen Film über ein «Grasgrab», seine Tochter hat mit dem Malen begonnen. Man tauscht Neuigkeiten, unnötige Ratschläge und billige Komplimente aus. Am Morgen der Abreise schauen sich die anderen Familienmitglieder einen Film von Sanghee an.

Pressespiegel

"The director’s 35th feature is as classically and welcomingly Hong as it gets: a brief, bittersweet comedy of familial distance and personal drift, crisply and candidly shot,
and built around a marvelous performance of quiet, more-than-meets-the-eye feeling by his partner and longtime muse Kim Minhee." Variety

"Leisurely yet profound, with NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES, the multi-hyphenate auteur Hong Sangsoo offers one of his most existential works yet."  Roger Ebert

"NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES, a new film signed by Hong Sangsoo, as meager as it is charming, and faithful to the bitter bucolic spirit of his recent films." Liberation

"NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES feels like more than just a break from the norm. It’s funny and in-focus." The Film Stage

"Kim Minhee’s quietly fascinating as a woman who has clearly brought a fair amount of baggage with her on her trip to visit her mother." Screendaily

"A delicate, intense, and compact 72-minute film, it moves the viewer and reaches deep within the soul. It plays with the conventions of traditional film language, is magnificently acted, and draws the audience into a small, self-contained universe." RSI

 "The film is slim — just 72 minutes — but it sticks."  New York Metropolitan

"In NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES one appreciates his great ability to depict family relationships with extreme authenticity, ranging from moments of pure affection to others marked by serious communication difficulties." Il Sole 24 Ore

"This is a drama of soft notes in typical Hong fashion. Through conversation alone, he captivates, compelling us to ponder and examine our own knot of things we keep from one another.
A master of the low-key, Hong confirms his ceaseless appetite for renewing perspectives on characters, conflicts and dilemmas." Outlook India

"What must be considered is how Hong’s eye toward expanding our notion of a structural flip conveys the film’s dramatic material" In Review Online

"His films always achieve a singular coherence, an especially remarkable feat given that they are built out of apparent improvisation."  El Antepenúltimo Mohicano -

"Hong Sangsoo’s new film continues the distinctive poetic vision of the indefatigable Korean director, who has long pursued an independent way of making films with the same close-knit group of collaborators—a genuine community— creating gestures that are instantly recognizable yet surprising at every turn." Il Manifesto

"The director tells his stories with such effortless simplicity that it barely feels like anything is happening at all; yet deep down, it strikes right at the heart." International Cinephile Society

"They make low-budget ‘small films’ using old-fashioned cameras. But how beautiful this film is!"  Kommersant

Biografie

Hong Sangsoo ( 홍상수) debütierte 1996 mit seinem erstaunlichen Spielfilm The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well. Seitdem sind 30 Filme entstanden, für die Hong das Drehbuch schrieb und Regie führte. Sie alle zeichnet eine komplexe und strenge Architektur unter einer scheinbar einfachen Oberfläche aus, die durch wie zufällig wirkende Interaktionen der Figuren entsteht. Bekannt für seine einzigartige Bildsprache und seine beispiellose Filmästhetik – zählt Hong Sangsoo zu den etabliertesten Autorenfilmern des zeitgenössischen koreanischen Kinos.

 

FILMOGRAFIE (Auswahl)

2026 눈둘데가 없네 (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes)
2026 그녀가 돌아온 날 (The Day She Returns)
2025 그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니 Was diese Natur dir sagt
2024 수유천 (By the Stream)
2024 여행자의 필요 Die Bedürfnisse einer Reisenden 
2023 우리의 하루  Unser Tag
2023 물안에서 Im Wasser
2022 탑 (Walk Up)
2022 소설가의 영화 Die Schriftstellerin, ihr Film und ein glücklicher Zufall
2021 당신 얼굴 앞에서 (In Front of You Face)
2021 인트로덕션 Introduction
2019 도망친 여자 Die Frau, die rannte
2019 강변 호텔 (Hotel by the River)
2018 풀잎들 (Grass)
2017 그 후 (The Day After)
2017 클레어의 카메라 (Claire’s Camera)
2017 밤의 해변에서 혼자 On the Beach at Night Alone
2016 당신자신과 당신의 것 (Yourself and Yours)
2015 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 Right Now, Wrong Then
2014 자유의 언덕 (Hill of Freedom)
2013 우리 선희 (Our Sunhi)
2013 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon)
2012 다른 나라에서 (In Another Country)
2011 북촌방향 (The Day He Arrives)
2010 옥희의 영화 (Oki’s Movie)
2010 하하하 (Hahaha)
2009 잘 알지도 못하면서 (Like You Know It All)
2008 밤과 낮 (Night and Day)
2006 해변의 여인 (Woman on the Beach)
2005 극장전 (A Tale of Cinema)
2004 여자는 남자의 미래다 (Woman Is the Future of Man)
2002 생활의 발견 (Turning Gate)
2000 오! 수정 (Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors)
1998 강원도의 힘 (The Power of Kangwon Province)
1996 돼지가 우물에 빠진 날 (The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well)

Festivals & Preise

Wettbewerb Locarno 2026:

•⁠  ⁠⁠Beste Regie

•⁠  ⁠⁠Beste Schauspielerin (Kim Minhee)

•⁠  ⁠⁠Ökumenischer Preis der Kirchen

 

JURY STATEMENTS

"When the greatest mastery of all the cinematic elements coincides with the greatest freedom, the greatest simplicity, and the greatest intelligence, the result gives birth to an enchanting and highly inspiring fable that questions our relationship with world, with art, with others, and with ourselves." 
- Pardo for Best Direction -

"Her acting is a matter of pure presence to the world. She is capable of expressing, with grace and delicacy, all the ranges of human existence."
- Pardo for Best Performance -

"The film finds extraordinary human depth in the seemingly ordinary. With great empathy and subtle humor, it explores estrangement and how difficult it can be to truly see and accept one another."
- Ecumenical Jury Prize -

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Regie-Notiz

Die Insel Jeju ist bekannt für ihr unberechenbares Wetter. Ich habe dort einmal in einer Pension übernachtet und beschloss, zu drehen. Diesmal tat ich es mit Kim Minhee und Choi Myeonggil. Wir blieben 10 Tage und drehten in sechs.

Hong Sangsoo