Pietà (2012)
- Original title
- 피에타
- Directed by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Genre
- drama film, crime thriller film, thriller film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 421 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 brutal loan shark enforcer lives a cold lonely life. His world is shaken when a woman appears and claims to be his mother. She will not let him go no matter how cruelly he treats her.
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What happens
Pietà (Korean: 피에타) is a 2012 South Korean crime thriller film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk. It depicts the mysterious relationship between a brutal man who works for loan sharks and a middle-aged woman who claims that she is his mother, mixing Christian symbolism and highly sexual content. It made its world premiere in the competition line-up of the 69th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It is the first Korean film to win the top prize at one of the three major international film festivals—Venice, Cannes and Berlin. The title refers to the Italian Pietà (piety/pity), signifying depictions of the Virgin Mary cradling the corpse of Jesus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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