A Traveler's Needs

{{Short description|2024 film by Hong Sang-soo}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox film

| name = A Traveler’s Needs

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name

| hangul = 여행자의 필요

| hanja =

| rr = Yeohaengjaui pilyo}}

| image = A Traveler's Needs (international poster).jpg

| director = Hong Sang-soo

| producer = Hong Sang-soo

| writer = Hong Sang-soo

| starring = {{ubl|Isabelle Huppert|Lee Hye-young|Kwon Hae-hyo}}

| music = Hong Sang-soo

| cinematography = Hong Sang-soo

| editing = Hong Sang-soo

| studio = {{Plainlist|

• Jeonwonsa Film Company

}}

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2024|2|19|Berlinale|2024|4|24|South Korea|2024|11|22|United States|df=y}}

| runtime = 90 minutes{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202408802.html/|title=A Traveler's Needs|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|language=en|access-date=16 February 2024}}

| country = {{ubl|South Korea}}

| language = {{ubl|English|French|Korean}}

| budget =

| gross =

}}

A Traveler's Needs ({{Korean|여행자의 필요}}) is a 2024 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, starring Isabelle Huppert.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/berlin-isabelle-huppert-hong-sang-soo-a-travelers-needs-1235881584/|title=Isabelle Huppert-Starring Berlin Competition Film 'A Traveler's Needs' Picked Up by Finecut|date=22 January 2024 |publisher=Variety}} It is the third collaboration between the director and the star, following In Another Country and Claire’s Camera.

The film had its world premiere in the Main Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.{{cite web|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240123000527|title=Hong Sang-soo's 'A Traveler's Needs' invited to 74th Berlinale|date=23 January 2024 |publisher=The Korea Hearld}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/finecut-picks-up-hong-sangsoos-berlin-competition-drama-a-travelers-needs/5189705.article|title=Finecut picks up Hong Sangsoo's Berlin Competition drama 'A Traveler's Needs'|publisher=screendaily.}}