Special Screening of HaHaHa @The Museum of the Moving Image February 26, 2011

The Korea Society joins the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image in presenting Hong Sang-soo’s entertaining Hahaha, a deceptively light romantic comedy won the 2010 Prize Un Certain Regard at Cannes. A filmmaker on the skids plans to move to Canada to meet a film-critic friend. During a drinking session, they decide to share memories of trips they took to the same seaside town. This special screening will show in the new 267-seat cinema at the Museum of the Moving Image at 35th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria.

Sunday, February 20
6PM
HAHAHA

2010. 115 mins.

Find more information at www.koreasociety.org or www.movingimage.us

About the Director:
Since winning Best New Director at the Asian Pacific Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo has emerged as a leading contemporary Korean director. Greatly influenced by French New Wave cinema, Hong’s work is unique among Korean filmmakers. He skillfully captures simple moments in life and crafts unforgettable scenes of human relationships and interaction. He won international recognition for The Power of Kangwon Province, Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Woman is the Future of Man, The Turning Gate, and Woman on the Beach.

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