I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)

Original title

싸이보그지만 괜찮아

Directed by

Park Chan-wook

Genre

drama film, science fiction film, romantic comedy

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 604 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a mental hospital believes she is a cyborg. A fellow patient who can steal things with his mind falls in love with her and tries to help her.

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What happens

I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK (Korean: 싸이보그지만 괜찮아) is a 2006 South Korean surrealist psychological romantic comedy-drama film directed by Park Chan-wook. It stars Jung Ji-hoon (Rain) as Il-soon and Im Soo-jung as Young-gun. It tells the story of a newly admitted mental hospital patient who thinks she is a cyborg and Il-soon, a man who begins to fall in love with her. On the first day of its release, it attracted about 92,000 viewers, a total of 737,165 viewers. It received critical acclaim with praise for unique and surreal take on the rom-com genre, humor, directing, cinematography, production design, its approach and message about mental illness and the two lead performances and their chemistry on-screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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