A Traveler's Needs
2024 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · 65% critics
A woman living in Seoul gives unconventional language lessons while moving through a day of quiet meetings with students, friends, and strangers. As conversations drift through poetry, memory, and self-expression, the film explores how people connect across language, culture, and personal distance.
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Details
- Original title
- 여행자의 필요
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-04-24
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (23 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet, conversation-driven films about language and everyday connection, especially if Claire's Camera or The Day He Arrives worked for you; Not for you if you want momentum or clear dramatic stakes.
Pros: thoughtful conversations; quietly poetic mood; interesting language themes | Cons: very slow pace; awkward dialogue; thin character detail
Themes
- self-discovery
- philosophy
- ideology
- teacher
- repetition
- study abroad
- korea
Cast & crew
Isabelle Huppert
as Iris
Lee Hye-young
as Wonju
Kwon Hae-hyo
as Haesoon
Cho Yun-hee
as Yeonhee
Ha Seong-guk
as Inguk
Kim Seung-yun
as Isong
Kang So-yi
as Soha
- HJ
Ha Jin-hwa
as Ranhee
Directed by Hong Sang-soo