Genre: Romance, Drama
Starring: Jae Hee Song, Ju Jin-mo, Lee Seung-yeon, Gweon Hyeok-ho, Choi Jeong-ho
Release year: 2004
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
Tae-suk (Jae Hee) drifts around on his motorcycle looking for empty houses to stay in. He goes from door to door and puts up flyers in the keyholes of each house. He later breaks into the house where the flyer has not been removed, assuming that the owner is away.
Tae-suk lives in the empty house until the owners return, but never steals or ruins anything. He spends a night or a day squatting in, repaying their unwitting hospitality by doing laundry or small repairs. Before leaving, he puts everything back as it used be.
One day, sneaking into a wealthy home, Tae-suk meets his destiny - a beautiful, lonely wife named Sun-hwa, trapped in a loveless marriage. Without saying a word, the pair begin an erotic game of cat-and-mouse, until her abusive husband returns home, unleashing a shocking burst of violence.
RATING: 8.75/10
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REVIEW:
" Poetic is what I would call this film. It has such poignant quality to it. It reminds me of the dream like state of Last Life in the Universe, yet it retains its own uniqueness. Dialogue was not essential between the two characters. It would have lessen the tension in the film if it did. Director Kim Ki Duk understood perfectly that what was said was beautifully captured by the lens, and in doing so he let the audience ease into the film efortlessly.
Tae-suk (Jae Hee) is a jobless college-educated mute (by choice) vagrant that breaks into vacationing people's homes and treats himself to the bear essentials - food, a place to sleep and shower - and in return he fixes broken appliances, cleans the house and does their laundry. He also takes pictures of himself along portraits of the owner's home. It's as if he wants to ingrain himself temporarily in their lives. He does not stay long and moves around quite often. He meets Sun Hwa (Lee Seong Yun), a silent, meek and physically abused housewife, in one of his break-ins. And this meeting is the catalyst to an unlikely and emotionally wrenching love story.
I've been a fan of Jae Hee since Delightful Girl Cheunyang[??]. He isn't overtly handsome like other korean actors and he isn't the most charismatic, yet he has the most intense expression when he keeps still and let his eyes talk. It's very obvious in this film that director Kim Ki Duk made use of Jae Hee's expressive facial expressions, particularly his eyes. Lee Seong Yun was superb in this film. She creates an effortless and almost serene quality in the film. She weaves a magical spell from the beginning with her quite rage towards her husband to her triumphant and vocal statement of love to Tae-suk.
Director Kim Ki Duk abandons his usual style of sweeping paronamic shots and themes of lust and violence. This film was tame compared to his previous films, yet this was the most stunning out of all of them. I've seen this film 3 times and each time I find something new to marvel at. I already miss the characters, and I would probably watch the film again after writing this. "
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