The Woman Who Ran
2020 · Movie · 77 min · ★ 6.6 · 91% critics
While her husband is away on a business trip, a woman spends her days meeting three friends—two at their homes and one by chance at a theater. Their polite conversations feel casual, yet unspoken tensions and private longings ripple beneath the surface of everyday talk.
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Details
- Original title
- 도망친 여자
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-09-17
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (109 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like quiet, conversation-driven dramas where meaning sits in what’s left unsaid, similar to On the Beach at Night Alone or Right Now, Wrong Then; Not for you if you want fast plots or clear answers.
Pros: rich subtext in dialogue; quietly tense conversations; thoughtful minimalist structure | Cons: slow, low-key pacing; little plot action; style may feel crude
Themes
- female friendship
- friends
- married woman
- neighbor neighbor relationship
- small talk
- friends reunion
Cast & crew
Kim Min-hee
as Gam-hee
Seo Young-hwa
as Young-soon
Song Sun-mi
as Su-young
Kim Sae-byuk
as Woo-jin
Kwon Hae-hyo
as Mr. Jung
- LE
Lee Eun-mi
as Young-ji
Kang Iseo
as Yu-sung
Shin Seok-ho
as Cat Man
Ha Seong-guk
as Young Poet
- JS
Jo So-yeon
as Staff
Directed by Hong Sang-soo