A female novelist takes a long trip to visit a bookstore, run by a younger colleague who has fallen out of touch. Then she goes up a tower on her own and runs into a film director and his wife. They take a walk in a park and meet an actress, after which the novelist tries to convince the actress to make a film with her. She and the actress get something to eat, then revisit the bookstore where a group of people are drinking. The actress gets drunk and falls asleep..

Hong Sang-soo (b. 1960, Seoul, South Korea). He studied at Chung Ang University, and later at California College of the Arts. He made his first feature film in 1996. Since then he has made 27 feature films and a few short films. He is currently teaching at Konkuk University in Seoul.