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In his latest film, WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, the cult Korean director Hong Sang-soo has a poet meet his girlfriend's parents: the meeting starts out friendly, but it doesn't stay that way.

Donghwa is a poet in his early thirties, and has been with Junhee for three years. When he drops her off at home, he just wants to take a quick look in the garden—but then he unexpectedly spends the entire day with her family. Together they visit a Buddhist temple, eat chicken, drink a lot—and Donghwa begins to reveal more about himself than is good for him. The parents' reaction remains distant. The next morning he leaves without a word.

WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU is a quiet, poetic chamber play about closeness, discomfort, and the fragile dynamics of family encounters. A funny, painful little film by a master director—well worth seeing!