More than any filmmaker of recent years, Hang-soo reminds his audience that such social performativity isn't without its perils.

Each chapter of The Woman Who Ran is funny, moving and absorbing on its own, but the film is even more intriguing to think about afterward as you puzzle over how those chapters fit together.

"The Woman Who Ran" is a cinematic sketch, and also the work of a master.

The Woman Who Ran plays like a leisurely stroll through familiar friendly spaces and feels like a journey of self-discovery in which all stress melts away.