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The Isle ( Seom ) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Fantasporto Awards
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Korean ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
South Korea ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Ki-duk Kim

Written By:
Ki-duk Kim

Actors:
Jung Suh ..... Hee-Jin
Yoosuk Kim ..... Hyun-Shik
Sung-hee Park ..... Eun-A
Jae-hyeon Jo ..... Mang-Chee
Hang-Seon Jang ..... Middle-aged man

Synopsis:

Recalling both the erotic tension and the surrealist imagery of Woman of the Dunes, Kim Ki-duk's film is set near a remote lake where men come far and wide to fish on anchored rafts. Running a little bait-and-tackle shop is the earthy -- almost feral -- young lass Hee-jin (Seoh Jung), who sometimes sells herself for a price to horny fishermen. On one raft is the morose youth Hyun-shik (Kim Yu-seok), who Hee-jin has quietly taken a shine to after saving him from a suicide attempt. His ham-fisted advances are rejected, but after a second try at suicide, in which he puts fishing hooks in his mouth, she nurses him back to health. Soon, a freakily-intense relationship builds between the two in which the jealous Hee-jin starts to brutally dispatch with any competition. This film was screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

The erotic arthouse thriller that caused a sensation at the Sundance, Toronto, and Venice Film Festivals, The Isle tells the tale of a beautiful woman who lives on an eerie, remote lake selling food to fisherman by day, and her body by night. When the woman becomes obsessed with a former police officer who is haunted by the murder of his unfaithful girlfriend, what develops is "a perversely intriguing (and intriguingly perverse) love story." (San Francisco Examiner)
The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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