The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opens with “The Table: Day and Night,” directed by Kim Jong-kwan. The romantic anthology centers on conversations and fleeting everyday moments as four different couples visit the same café across summer and autumn. Outlets describe the film’s emphasis on atmosphere—lingering shots of tables, cups, and a stream of customers—as the setting shapes how characters connect and talk.
The cast includes Kim Min-ha, Shim Eun-kyung and Han Sun-hwa, among others, with early vignettes featuring relationships and exchanges among strangers in the café. The reviews also highlight that dialogue is not the only form of communication: characters use sign language in one recurring group, broadening how interactions unfold. While detailed plot points vary across the coverage, both accounts frame the opener as a mood-driven, ensemble work where small gestures and everyday talk—ranging from practical concerns to personal longing—form the core of the film’s structure and tone.
