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Ki-duk Kim (writer)
Release Date:
12 May 2005 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
A girl who thought the sea was the whole world became the whole world to one old man.
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On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard... full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Yeo-reum Han | ... | The young girl (as Han Yeo-reum) |
| Si-jeok Seo | ... | The student |
| Gook-hwan Jeon | ... | The student's father |
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| Seong-hwang Jeon | ... | Old Man (no name) |
| Seok-hyeon Jo | ... | Third Man |
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The Bow (USA) (festival title)
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France:90 min | Canada:88 min (Montréal Film Festival) | Argentina:90 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Hungary:14 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Mexico:B15
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Having seen (and absolutely loved) Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring this was a must-see at the Cleveland Int'l Film Festival this year.
Alas, it's just not magical enough.
I liked that the Old Man and the Young Girl never had dialog; it was the juxtaposition of the paying, fishing clientèle that was at odds with their relationship. As well, the use of the bow as a weapon was certainly effective, but the use of the bow as a badly-dubbed musical instrument was cheesy at best.
The plot was contrived, an ancient tale sent in contemporary times, uselessly introducing an anachronistic element into the plot line. The use of magical realism was spare and poorly timed, not being acceptable as a shift from the mostly concrete concerns and sensibilities of the rest of the movie.
This was a movie that got more and more disappointing as I watched it. The advice of more broadly-schooled Kim Ki-Duk fans would be good to follow: look for his "masterpieces", not this or other "more mainstream works".