A Day Off

A Korean Spring in Seoul meets Antonioni’s alienation without the iciness. One Sunday two precarious lovers circle each other in the alleyways of 1968 Seoul, he hatching a loan scam, she rehearsing an abortion alone. Their shared hour unfolds in the bleached light of yesterday.

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Lee Man-hee directed A Day Off in 1968. See Lee Man-hee's full filmography, where to start with Lee Man-hee, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lee Man-hee.

A Day Off was released in 1968 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 74 minutes.