What Does That Nature Say to You
2025·Drama·1h 49m
7.1
★
A young poet drops his girlfriend off at her parents' house and is amazed by its size. He bumps into her father, meets her mother and sister, and they all end up spending a long day together; fueled by conversation, food and libations.
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Trailer
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Cast
Ha Seong-guk
Ha Donghwa
Kwon Hae-hyo
Kim Oryeong
Cho Yun-hee
Choi Sunhee
Kang So-yi
Kim Junhee
Park Mi-so
Kim Neunghee
Crew
Hong Sang-soo
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Writer
Hong Sang-soo
Original Music Composer
Hong Sang-soo
Editor
Hong Sang-soo
Director of Photography
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Kim Min-hee
Production Manager
Kim Min-hee
Line Producer
Kim Min-hee
Still Photographer
Hong Sang-soo
Colorist
Popular Reviews
28 reviews
Nick Foster
3.0★ · 03/11/26
The fact this movie ends on an unintentionally unfocused shot with video grains basically sums up its quality
I don’t trust anyone who claims to like this movie
I don’t trust anyone who claims to like this movie
The fact this movie ends on an unintentionally unfocused shot with video grains basically sums up its quality
I don’t trust anyone who claims to like this movie
I don’t trust anyone who claims to like this movie
Nick
7.0★ · 12/28/25
An angrier Hong. This one kinda reminded me of Hotel By the River. I think Kwon Hae-hyo is entering his Chishū Ryū era. Hong is crafting his roles to reflect his real-time aging to reflect evolvingly appropriate roles. Here, he is a dad. Kinda funny his generational position shifted one meaningful point of relation from estranged uncle in the previous By the Stream.
What Does that Nature Say to You? feels like one of Hong’s most comedic set-ups. Take all the usual Hong shenanigan hallmarks but make it funny: you’re introducing your poet boyfriend to your parents for the first time. If you know Hong, then you know a drunken dinner scene is coming. And boy was this a doozy. Every time Donghwa started to raise his voice, you can’t imitate that anxiety. There was one initial side glance Sunhee gave that pierced me.
I guess it’s my inner bourgeois, but I mostly identified with the parents here, or also joined Junhee in her criticisms of Donghwa. I wonder how Hong feels? I think he’s the wise self-aware uncle who sees the absurdity of Donghwa’s dogmatic purity while recognizing the prevailing class conflict. Both can be true. Like the parents say, the dude is 35. But if I had any uncertainties, I think the final line is Hong’s affirmation. Donghwa needs to sell that car.
What Does that Nature Say to You? feels like one of Hong’s most comedic set-ups. Take all the usual Hong shenanigan hallmarks but make it funny: you’re introducing your poet boyfriend to your parents for the first time. If you know Hong, then you know a drunken dinner scene is coming. And boy was this a doozy. Every time Donghwa started to raise his voice, you can’t imitate that anxiety. There was one initial side glance Sunhee gave that pierced me.
I guess it’s my inner bourgeois, but I mostly identified with the parents here, or also joined Junhee in her criticisms of Donghwa. I wonder how Hong feels? I think he’s the wise self-aware uncle who sees the absurdity of Donghwa’s dogmatic purity while recognizing the prevailing class conflict. Both can be true. Like the parents say, the dude is 35. But if I had any uncertainties, I think the final line is Hong’s affirmation. Donghwa needs to sell that car.
An angrier Hong. This one kinda reminded me of Hotel By the River. I think Kwon Hae-hyo is entering his Chishū Ryū era. Hong is crafting his roles to reflect his real-time aging to reflect evolvingly appropriate roles. Here, he is a dad. Kinda funny his generational position shifted one meaningful point of relation from estranged uncle in the previous By the Stream.
What Does that Nature Say to You? feels like one of Hong’s most comedic set-ups. Take all the usual Hong shenanigan hallmarks but make it funny: you’re introducing your poet boyfriend to your parents for the first time. If you know Hong, then you know a drunken dinner scene is coming. And boy was this a doozy. Every time Donghwa started to raise his voice, you can’t imitate that anxiety. There was one initial side glance Sunhee gave that pierced me.
I guess it’s my inner bourgeois, but I mostly identified with the parents here, or also joined Junhee in her criticisms of Donghwa. I wonder how Hong feels? I think he’s the wise self-aware uncle who sees the absurdity of Donghwa’s dogmatic purity while recognizing the prevailing class conflict. Both can be true. Like the parents say, the dude is 35. But if I had any uncertainties, I think the final line is Hong’s affirmation. Donghwa needs to sell that car.
What Does that Nature Say to You? feels like one of Hong’s most comedic set-ups. Take all the usual Hong shenanigan hallmarks but make it funny: you’re introducing your poet boyfriend to your parents for the first time. If you know Hong, then you know a drunken dinner scene is coming. And boy was this a doozy. Every time Donghwa started to raise his voice, you can’t imitate that anxiety. There was one initial side glance Sunhee gave that pierced me.
I guess it’s my inner bourgeois, but I mostly identified with the parents here, or also joined Junhee in her criticisms of Donghwa. I wonder how Hong feels? I think he’s the wise self-aware uncle who sees the absurdity of Donghwa’s dogmatic purity while recognizing the prevailing class conflict. Both can be true. Like the parents say, the dude is 35. But if I had any uncertainties, I think the final line is Hong’s affirmation. Donghwa needs to sell that car.
Esther
4.0★ · 12/01/25
NOOO I fell asleep😭😭😭
NOOO I fell asleep😭😭😭
Gustavo Barros
8.0★ · 11/30/25
Um curioso filme para se fazer no ano em que irá se tornar pai novamente
Um curioso filme para se fazer no ano em que irá se tornar pai novamente
Diego
8.0★ · 11/09/25
Yo también pienso que los carros antiguos son más bonitos
Yo también pienso que los carros antiguos son más bonitos