Hong Sang-soo just won big at Locarno. He's been winning for 30 years now
Key takeaways
Quick summary- 1Hong Sang-soo has spent the past three decades making films entirely on his own terms.
- 2On Saturday, the arthouse mainstay won the prize for best direction at the Locarno Film Festival for "Nowhere to Lay My Eyes," his 35th feature.
- 3The prizes just keep rolling in.
Hong Sang-soo has spent the past three decades making films entirely on his own terms. The prizes just keep rolling in. On Saturday, the arthouse mainstay won the prize for best direction at the Locarno Film Festival for "Nowhere to Lay My Eyes," his 35th feature. Kim Min-hee, his longtime partner and frequent lead, shared the best performance prize with Italian actor Monica Bellucci. It was Hong's fifth invitation to the Swiss festival, where he won best director for "Our Sunhi" (2013) and the
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