Time (2006) poster
2006 · drama · romance · korean

Time

Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 37m2006
ElsewhereIMDb7.113kRT77%Metacritic73TMDB6.9252
  • sombre
  • measured
  • bleak
  • intimate
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Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.

Our read · Time (2006) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · romance · korean entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want a cold, obsessive Korean relationship film that leaves you arguing afterward.

ends devastatingit will wreck youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 22attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upbody horrornuditygraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou need comfort tonight, not surgical jealousy and a punishing final act.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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