LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Country: Thailand

OUTRAGE
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Country: Japan

POETRY
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
Country: South Korea

RIZHAO CHONGQING (CHONGQING BLUES)
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Country: China

THE HOUSEMAID
Directed by Im Sangsoo
Country: South Korea

Competing in Un Certain Regard:

CHATROOM
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Country: Japan

Coming from a director known for his whimsical titles (“The Day a Pig Fell into the Well”, “The Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors”, “Woman is the Future of Man”), the appellation of Hong Sang-soo’s latest offering – (just) “Like You Know It All” – may seem a tad bland. Fortunately the film itself is anything but bland. Like the kimchi that the characters are often seen eating, the film is quietly spicy in its sprinklings of adultery and drunken debaucheries, and more interestingly – in a self-reflexive take – in its satirical portrayal of the world of cinephilia, i.e. Hong’s own world.