The Woman Who Ran is about Gam-hee (Kim Min-hee), who never left her husband for five years. She visits two friends (Seo Young-hwa, Song Seon-mi) while her husband is away, and bumps into an old friend (Kim Sae-byuk) at a theater. Compared to other films directed by Hong Sang-soo, the narrative is concise, the composition simple, and the conversation filled with immediate reactions and concrete thoughts. However, private conversations and small gestures open to all things are more wonderful and active than before. It’s because similar words and gestures, along with Gam-hee, move between the characters in three separate meetings, creating and amplifying the new reactions. Rather than a variation of repetition, it seems to be a new wave of profound emotion of Hong Sang-soo film. (HONG Eunmi)