The Isle (2000)
- Original title
- 섬
- Directed by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 372 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A lonely woman runs a small floating guesthouse on a remote lake. She develops a strange and brutal relationship with a fisherman who has a dark past.
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What happens
The Isle (Korean: 섬) is a 2000 South Korean arthouse film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk, his fourth film, and the first to receive wide international acclaim for his now recognizable style. The film has gained notoriety for gruesome scenes that caused some viewers to vomit or faint when the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The movie step among range of distinctive movie genres, making it difficult to classify into one solely traditional genre. Spending from psychological drama, romance, thriller, horror and mystery. The Isle stars Suh Jung and Kim Yu-seok as an unlikely couple who develop a love for each other despite their unusual circumstances. Like all of Ki-Duk's other movies it has almost no dialog, relying mostly on its visual storytelling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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