2002 · drama · romance
Oasis (2002)
Directed by Lee Chang-dong2h 12m2002
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
Our read: Oasis (2002) (2002) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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