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Writer:
Ki-duk Kim (writer)
Release Date:
2 June 2001 (South Korea) more
Plot:
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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can you say "bleak" more (13 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Dong-kun Yang | ... | Chang-guk |
 | Min-jung Ban | ... | Eunok |
| Young-min Kim | ... | Jihum |
| Eun-jin Bang | ... | Chang-guk's Mom |
| Gye-nam Myeong | ... | Jihum's father |
| In-ok Lee | ... | Eun-ok's mother |
| Jae-hyeon Jo | ... | Dog Eyes |
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Address Unknown (International: English title)
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Rated R for violence, language, sexuality and some drug content.
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Runtime:
117 min | Argentina:117 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Finland:117 min (Helsinki International Film Festival)
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South Korea:18 | USA:R | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM18 (DVD) (self-applied) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Singapore:R(A) | UK:18 | France:-16 | Argentina:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13
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The movie centers on the lives of rundown rural community of South Koreans who happen to live proximate to a U.S. military base. The lives and stories of several citizens intertwine in this bleak and gritty flick. There is a Korean woman and her half-black son, the product of a relationship with a G.I. Another local makes a living collecting and killing dogs he sells for food. A young girl lives a detached life but develops a friendship with an introverted friend who dotes on her, when he's not being beaten and bullied by local toughs. There are more characters in this tale, but most all of them have somehow been adversely affected by the omnipresent US soldiers who drift, comically at times, in and out of their existence. And, the movie overflows with brutality, mostly of Koreans against each other. At some point, most assuredly near the end of the film, the tragedy is so overwhelming it becomes lugubrious. How many bad things can happen to a small community? In this movie there is no end to it, and one wonders what is the point.