The Novelist's Film (2022) review

... And another one!  South Korean writer Kim Junhee (Lee Hye-Yeong) visits with an old friend who runs a bookstore, learns a little bit of sign language from the friend's daughter, shares a coffee with a filmmaker (who was unable to adapt one of her books due to financial issues) and his wife and finally meets an actress named Kilsoo (Kim Min-hee) that she wants to make a short film with ... and that's it.  Since 2017, Hong has released an alarming nine feature films, and the end result for nearly all of them is the same: the acting still feels affected and unnatural and he still isn't good at improvisation - I'm sure there "professional" critics who will put a spin on it and say it's a "strong statement" about "providence" and the "mystery of chance encounters" ... but there isn't much - if any - supporting evidence.  "The story's not that important," our "protagonist" says ... but then what is?  Narcissism?  Charisma?