A Girl at My Door (2014)

Young-nam was a promising graduate of the police academy before she was transferred to the small seaside village, as a result of misconduct. On her first day in the village, she encounters ... See full summary »

Director:

July Jung

Writer:

July Jung

Stars:

Bae Doona, Sae-ron Kim, Sae-byeok Song

10 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bae Doona	...	Young-Nam
Sae-ron Kim	...	Do-Hee
Sae-byeok Song	...	Yong-Ha (as Sae-Byeok Song)
Hie-jin Jang	...	Eun-Jung
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Min-Jae Kim	...	Joon-ho
Seong-kun Mun	...	Nam Kyeong-dae
Moon-cheol Nam	...	Restaurant owner
Jong-hak Son	...	Chief Uhm

Storyline

Young-nam was a promising graduate of the police academy before she was transferred to the small seaside village, as a result of misconduct. On her first day in the village, she encounters Dohee, a girl living in the town with a gloomy looking face. As Young-nam tries to acclimate to her new surroundings, Dohee's grandma died in a car accident. To protect the girl from her stepfather's abuse, Young-nam lets Dohee stay at her place, but things become more mysterious as she gets to know her.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian relationship | lesbian kiss | lesbian interest | female police officer | girl | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Goofs

When the little girl run away from home and walk all the way back we see her feet are injured and covered with blood. So we understand she came all the way barefoot. A few seconds later next scene, her feet are perfectly fine.

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Soundtracks

Was it a Dream or the Wind
Composed by Young-gyu Jang (as Jang Younggyu) / Hee-Jung Han (as Han Hee Jung)
Written by July Jung (as Jung July)
Instrument player: Young-gyu Jang (as Jang Younggyu) / Hee-Jung Han (as Han Hee Jung)
Performed by Hee-Jung Han (as Han Hee Jung)

User Reviews

"What have you done?!" - Say it at least once god damn it.

This is the first time I'm writing a negative review on IMDb and as you can see, I am terribly disappointed.

This might be one of the worst films I've ever seen in my entire life. A perfect example of an absolute trash. It seems, that the director's biological limitations have rendered him incapable of thinking as a decent human; Someone has to apologize on his behalf, for being dealt such a hand. Sadly, it does not end there. He came up with a terrible idea:

"I'd love to make movies!".

I agree, that I'm compromised enough to be unable to speak objectively over this matter, but some of the facts must be mentioned.

First of all, imagery and technical parts of the film are quite good. Even beautiful I must say. I really liked the part, where the main character buys high amounts of mineral water, only to replace said water with VODKA. (Or whatever you call it.) The scene keeps repeating in a grim way. One of the best portrayals of depressive apathy. It was very inspiring and beautiful.

Presentation is eerie enough to keep you interested and sadly, that might be the worst part of the movie. Story-wise it is so "girl-ish" and compromised, that I swear it was almost unbearable to sit through. Some of the scenes made me feel so awkward, that I could not help myself but think about stopping it. Overly melodramatic, intimate, sick and disgusting relationships which are presented in a sexually curious, but at the same time ruptured teenager's suicidal "emo-vomitting" of a spectrum, were too much for me.

The film tries to set you on an empathetic accord towards the little girl, and in a way it manages to do it, but it is at the cost of spitting you in the face: I guarantee you will feel both awkward and insulted after watching this abomination.

Bae Doona and Sae-Ron Kim were cool/OK. Truth be told, I've never liked Doona. At all. But this time she did really well. Well, at least she was likable for me. Mostly, actors in Korean films are better than average. This case is not an exception. Too bad that the story was so unbearably sick that performances just happen to add up to the horror. Keep in mind, this is not a failure of a film. I am pretty sure that it managed to do what was initially planned, but sadly the planning part is the main atrocity here.

If you want to see an unconventional film, with disgusting and sick characters who's existences are not justified, but rather disfigured in this gigantic mass of stupid sexual awkwardness, sadness and idiotic presentations of "valued empathy"; If you want to see a movie, where subjective ideals of a retarded scriptwriter transform into "undeniable" but at the same time disabled, illogical and irritatingly childish truth; If you want to see a piece, which is atmospherically psychopathic, yet unimaginably blatant and elective, then watch this utter trash.

Though, I wholeheartedly suggest to never even think of viewing this insult of a movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

22 May 2014 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

A Girl at My Door

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$569,809

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pine House Film, Now Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1