Hong Sang-soo casts Moon So-ri

2002 Venice Film Festival's Best actress winner Moon So-ri will challenge herself this time with a leading role in director Hong Sang-soo's next project. Details about Hong's film are sparse. The celebrated indie director is known for improvisation, writing and rewriting while filming.

Kim Sang-kyung has been cast in the male leading role. It will be Kim's third film with Hong after "On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate" in 2002, and "Tale of Cinema" in 2005. Kim also worked with directors like Bong Joon-ho ("Memories of Murder") and Kim Ji-hoon ("May 18").

Hong's latest feature film "Like You Know It All" was invited by Festival de Cannes. Hong's films are conveted by film festivals around the world. He garnered acclaim from his first films "The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well" and "The Power of Kangwon Province" on.

Moon So-ri is well known for her acting skills which attracted Yim Soon-rye ("Forever the Moment") and Kim Tae-yong ("The Birth of a Family"). She was first discovered by Lee Chang-dong who cast her first for "Peppermint Candy" and again in 2002 for "Oasis", the film which earned her the Best actress award from the Venice Film Festival.

The movie's title is "Ha Ha Ha".

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)

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