Hill of Freedom (2014) | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | English Subtitles

Title: Hill of Freedom (2014)

Genre:
Drama

Plot Synopsis:
After returning to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains, Kwon receives a collection of letters left for her by Mori, a Japanese man who has returned to Korea hoping to find her and propose marriage. When Kwon accidentally drops the undated letters, their order becomes scrambled. As she reads them, Mori’s experiences unfold out of sequence, revealing his encounters, relationships, and search for Kwon through a fragmented meditation on love, memory, and the nature of time.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Hong Sang-soo
• Writer: Hong Sang-soo
• Cast:
  • Ryô Kase as Mori
  • Moon So-ri as Young-Sun
  • Seo Young-hwa as Kwon
  • Kim Eui-sung as Sang-Won
  • Youn Yuh-jung as Goo-Ok

YouTube Trailer: Hill of Freedom | Trailer

IMDb: Hill of Freedom (2014)

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. Sean Gilman — ★★★★★
   “Tell me about it later.”
2. 𝔻𝕚𝕖𝕘𝕠 — ★★★★½
   “This film is incredible, very awkward at times, but it was so funny.”
3. Will Sloan — ★★★★½
   “Midway through I stopped trying to assemble these scenes ‘in order’ in my head. Realized it didn’t matter.”
4. Laura — ★★★★½
   “my first hong sang-soo! in which fear is dissolved by a flower, and time is shuffled like a deck of cards”
5. Flynn — ★★★★★
   “This is the most amazing, joyful, cutest movie of all time and also has the best dialog of any movie ever.”

Meta Description:
Hong Sang-soo’s Hill of Freedom follows a Japanese man searching for a former love in Seoul, with his story unfolding through a collection of accidentally shuffled letters in this intimate and unconventional exploration of love, memory, and time.