Reviewed at
Berlin International Film Festival 2021.
Hong Sangsooâs films are too charming to be loathed, so their notorious divisiveness forms two camps: fans and the indifferent. Iâve been either side of that equation, but Introduction has me raising the soju glass and drinking deep. One flaw of his rarer, weaker films is the overloading of conversation with characterâs backstories, but in this richly compact 66-minute tale of parents trying to guide their young adult children into an uncertain future, itâs whatâs left out of its few scenes â including a two-year jump â that makes how much we come to know and feel about its characters seem miraculous.