The Table: Day and Night (HKAFF)

Name: The Table: Day and Night (HKAFF)
Released: 2026-10-06
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Kim Min-ha, Joo Jong-hyuk, Han Seon-hwa, Han Sun-hwa, Chang Ryul

What it is about

From the brief encounter between Yoo-jin and Hyeon-oh, who find themselves at the same cafe at different times, to the sudden reunion of middle-school friends Sang-mi and Young-min; from the electric first meeting of web novelist Hye-jin and film director Dong-nam to the tender moment shared by idol trainee Na-kyung and her boyfriend Jong-su - The Table: Day and Night is a film of delightful, unpretentious, and lovely conversations shared by four couples at a single cafe, somewhere between summer and autumn.

What to expect

Kim Jong-kwan sets four conversations at the same café, somewhere between summer and autumn, and that is the whole movie. Two people keep arriving at different times and missing each other; two old school friends run into each other after years; a web novelist meets a movie director for the first time; an idol trainee and her boyfriend grab a quiet moment together. No one declares anything, no one runs through an airport. The camera stays close to the actors — Kim Min-ha, Joo Jong-hyuk, Han Sun-hwa, Chang Ryul, Shim Eun-kyung — and lets small pauses do the work. At 80 minutes it is closer to a short-story collection than a feature, and it leans entirely on dialogue and glances. It screens as part of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, so it will not show up in a regular cinema run. Korean audio, English subtitles. No certificate is listed; the material is mild throughout.

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