I've watched many of Hong Sang Soo's films over the years. His directing gives his films a hometown, around the neighborhood type of film. Yourself and Yours is a film that the late Kim Joo Hyuk starred in a year before his death, so I had a plan to watch this film for awhile but wasn't in the right head space. I'm the kind of person who can't watch films that an actor who no longer is here right after they have passed away. The film also starred Lee Yoo Young, Kwon Hae Hyo, and Yoo Jun Sang.
A couple have issues due to the women's constant drinking. She leaves her boyfriend one night and he looks for her the next day only to find a women who looks identical to his lover.
I enjoyed the mind games that the plot of Yourself and Yours with the characters. The plot is so simple that it's relatable. Plus on top of that, the burning question of what was the motive for the female lead. She was drinker who didn't want to give up what made her happy. None ever knows if there really was a twin that looked like her or not. She also could have drank so much that she just forgot who she was. Either way, she(her lookalike) went around town meeting different men who claimed to have met her in the past. Her mysterious background makes the whole film because it's interesting to see her interact with these men who clearly want to entertain her. Her mate is looking all over for her meanwhile. Did she find her perfect man? Watch Yourself and Yours to find out. Buy here!
The shots on location fell more into the simple life of South Korea. You get to see narrow streets as the characters walk around. Their small homes and the cute corner cafe where most of the interactions happened. I liked the scene in the garden too.
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