2000 · drama · horror
The Isle (2000)
Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 30m2000
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
Our read: The Isle (2000) (2000) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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