Huppert plays Iris, a modestly dressed French woman living in Korea who gives French lessons according to a strange procedure of her own that does not seem to involve speaking French
ere is another deadpan comedy of manners from the prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo: unworldly, gentle and effortlessly minimalist as always, and it is his third film starring. She adds a distinctive level of mystery to this deceptively simple film, conducted at walking pace, with extended and unhurried dialogue scenes, featuring people incautiously drinking alcohol in the middle of the day, in this case Korean, a milky rice wine which Huppert’s character coolly declares to be “mild”.
At her first lesson, a woman plays the piano for Iris and is calmly asked by her what she was feeling while she played; evidently dissatisfied with her glib answer of “happiness”, Iris probes deeper until the woman confesses that she was unhappy with her lack of skill. Later, when this woman shows Iris a rock on which her late father’s name is engraved, she comes close to tears.
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