In Another Country (2012)

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY  (2012)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Hong Sang-Soo
    Isabelle Huppert, Yu Jun-Sang, Moon So-Ri
Isabelle Huppert stars in a trilogy of stories about three different women named Anne, who all turn up at the same guest house in the same small town on the Korean coast. One Anne is a filmmaker on a brief holiday. Another's a teacher whose husband has left her for a Korean woman. The third is a businessman's wife who's cheating on her husband with a Korean man. The same moonstruck lifeguard plays a role in all three stories. So do alcohol and a lighthouse and the sea. English is the common language, but nobody speaks it very well. The stories are slight, but they have their own pace and rhythm, precisely composed variations on a theme. And there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes than looking at Isabelle Huppert.