Hit the Night

synopsis

While researching a screenplay, a young female filmmaker interviews a male friend over a long night of drinking, asking him alarmingly frank questions about his relationships and sex life. As their conversation gets more personal, her true agenda emerges. Writer-director Jeong Ga-young also stars as the sassy woman who reverses the male gaze in her delightfully humorous, deceptively simple chamber piece. Offering a female counterpoint to the work of Hong Sang-soo, Jeong boldly challenges sexual politics and has crafted a refreshing, much-needed expression of female empowerment.