David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
小精灵、小古怪、小甜蜜、小社恐，尴尬得异常真实。
洪常秀一如既往用镜头去捕捉人物的特质，在一次次对焦深望里反而坠入了无可估量的眩晕失重，是日常对话里的不适，也是熟悉场景中的陌生。
跟你真实，让你感受，在这个自由流动的电影里。里面有很多洪金生活的影子，结尾竟然还有表白。前半场是李的场子，最后结尾给金敏喜压轴。说到气场和表现力，两位都是真强大啊。所以，去拍这样的人的故事和电影就够了。
我还没有达到想豆瓣里的影评大神那样“吹捧”这部电影的境界。只能说，有的人就很喜欢好莱坞式的情节剧，有的人就喜欢阿伦雷乃式的意识流，有的人真的get不到韩影魅力......萝卜青菜各有所爱。影片中一万次都不够夸赞金敏喜的美金敏喜的演技好，，，无聊且自恋般的喃喃自语。制片金敏喜，摄影音乐编剧一众活都是洪尚秀，可是真正保持了自己的个人风格的纯真性，不愧电影作者的真正名号。
洪现在真的有种铅华落尽的意思了，片子里的几个知识分子几乎都是他自身各个时期自我的投射，而聊到的关于那部电影，关于杜撰下的真实，则用来揭露整个片子要表达的：我给你们看了很多个我，我一直在自省一直在矛盾，但很多事我已经放下了，我现在就知道一件事，我爱金敏喜。
洪的后现代性不就是巧遇嘛，写偶然性真的比写必然性要容易，要写也得写暗含着必然性的偶然性不是吗？
非常私人化的电影，借电影讲电影，讲两人的关系，到最后的彩色画面和表白都有点把我感动到了，金敏喜在洪常秀的镜头下显得非常温柔又可爱，两人这是在电影里结婚了啊，唉，虽然感动但心情还是有点复杂😅。
创作欲望不重要，资本不重要，跌宕起伏的剧情不重要，色彩不重要，观众不重要，电影不重要，除了金敏喜什么都不重要！
在停止写作后，小说家短暂失聪，语言系统化为身体符号靠手语得以表达。而静默中，书写的本质和拍摄的意义进行贯通。camera就是一支笔，从40分钟处，由作家+导演+演员彻底进入“小说家的电影”，当小说家极富魅力感且极度自由时，一部影片就轻盈地从镜头通道里生成。金敏喜松弛而放松，捧着小雏菊、狗尾巴草与树叶结合成的花束，她就是笑着漫步，随着两句“我爱你”和洪常秀一起进入彩色地带。这部洪导的自我剖析中，虚构不会阻碍真实从他建构的情境中发生。
我愿我的心是一条可爱的小径，绿茸茸地，嫩草如鸭绒般诱人。让她一步一歌地低徊在我的心上吧，或者Nymph似疯疯地颠跳着吧。——词 篷子 💗 羡煞众人，手机封神
从「逃走的女人」之后，洪一直在探索人与人情感关系的界限，这片子不仅仅是结构出彩，有些片段人的虚伪让人哑然失笑，他的电影看到最后，我会发现不知道自己该喜欢金多一些，还是洪多一些。
偷偷从别人碗里舀一勺吃，反复模拟某句话的手语，醉酒后在餐桌上换个睡觉的姿势，在没有人的走廊里摆出酷的样子，摆弄花草与叶，相比洪的创作理念，还是这些平凡的肢体动作更具影像的余味。
#Berlinale72nd# 结构上很接近《之后》，某些局部让人想起《独自在夜晚的海边》和《逃走的女人》，轻松幽默又诙谐，金敏喜在洪片中从未如此自由，在洪过往的电影中使用金敏喜的方式得到了颠覆，她作为链接荧幕内外的作用似乎也随之改变，只能说，Bravo! Brava! Bravissimi!
在这部之前我对洪常秀是没有办法严肃对待的，但这部非常好
充满了对洪惯常技巧的调侃，似乎暗示着他在玩笑性地自我指涉。也就是说，他以对话驱动、视觉上相对朴素的电影风格经常被认为是“文学性的”，而这部电影以更广泛、更奇妙的视角审视了一位已在一种媒介中取得成就的艺术家如何在没有任何规则和标准的基础上进行另一种媒介上的创作尝试。
用拍电影的方式去讲一个拍电影的故事，最容易不经意间流露出真实的感情。
姐姐太美了，姐姐就算演公园一棵树，也会美到闪闪发光。
一部关于洪尚秀拍摄电影方式的自我指涉的元电影，小说家的电影，尽管导演是缺席，但是通过最后的彩色镜头，金敏喜违反了“直视摄影机”的禁令，跟洪尚秀视觉对话。电影成为一份导演与御用演员的情书，这种小工作坊式的电影拍摄方式，接近戈达尔和伍迪艾伦，体现了一种艺术片生产机制的健全和健康，既是小打小闹的，又是艺术性的。影片涉及的人物情节及故事元素，看似漫不经心，是日常生活的自然主义摹写，实际上却是精心涉及的，每个层面都恰到好处，反应了普通人生活中的无聊，同时也有神秘、无可奈何，相识相知后的心花怒放，走向幻觉的现实主义
看完全片的我：骚瑞，作为多年洪粉，我对洪导最近戒烟还是戒酒毫不关心，对洪导有新欢（即使不是金）也无任何意见，但是看着一脸精明的金敏喜佯装单纯天真的忸怩作态，真的倍感恶心......但她和洪是绝配，因为两人骨子里都很享受名利带来的拥簇（也就是无论制作什么作品都会有人给出长篇大论的赞美），但在表达上绝对遵循“这是我自由的选择，我只渴望自由地自我表达，我追求纯洁的艺术，名利对我来说什么也不是”。不过洪的狡猾在于他会设置某些场景嘲讽自己的虚伪，而金在他的视角下永远无法开口，永远死气沉沉。
对金敏喜夹带私货的彩虹屁让人不断分神，这样的故事似乎让纯业余电影来讲述更有「元电影」的味道，而洪常秀充满程式化且自我炫耀式的腔调则越来越令人生厌。
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