Premiering at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Na Hong-jin’s Hope was one of the festival’s most anticipated films. The story is set in Hope Harbour, a fictional town in South Korea, which appears to be located near the North Korean border, as suggested by slogans written on the houses. The protagonist, Beom-seok (Hwang Jung-min), is the local police chief. Not long after local hunters show him traces of an unknown monster, he discovers that the entire town is already being torn apart by the mysterious creature. Alongside him are rookie police officer Sung-ae (Jung Ho-yeon) and Beom-seok’s nephew Sung-ki (Zo In-sung), one of the hunters who joins the fight to defend the town from what is eventually revealed to be an alien invasion. Na Hong-jin’s previous…
