[Korean Film News] Update: Hong Sang-soo Shooting Night and Day (밤과 낮) in Paris

Actor Kim Young-ho (김영호) and actress Park Eun-hye (박은혜), dressed in summer attire for Hong Sang-soo's (홍상수) latest film, Night and Day (밤과 낮), had to endure unseasonably cold weather in Paris during shooting on August 20th. Between the long takes, their hands wrapped in warm blankets, Kim would do some exercises while singing old songs to fend off the chill. Accustomed to improvisation, the director, who typically comes up with the dialogue for his films as he goes along, simply had one of the actors say, "It's strange how in Paris it can be cold in summer." No sun, no problem. The crew is mostly Korean, with several French actors and extras playing smaller roles. The director passes out the dialogue to the actors just a few minutes before their entrance. "Everything is precise, but a large place is given to improvisation", explains production manager Nam Yoon-seok. Produced for 850,000 euros (US $1.16 million), the film is being made with the aid of numerous volunteers, film students and students of the Korean language, who help with the translations. Hong Sang-soo, taking full advantage of the colorful locations, has filmed at the Musée d'Orsay, the Tuileries Garden, in Montmartre and in an artist's studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. He will be shooting in Trouville, a seaside resort, the beginning of September.

[Source: Le Monde]