...supplies, food and sex to the fishermen, who live on small house floats in the middle of a lake. Although he tries to rape her, Hee Jin eventually falls in love with one of the fishermen, Hyun-Shik, an escaped criminal on the run from the police. When the police are too close for comfort, Hyun-Shik swallows some of his fishing hooks and nearly dies - it is only Hee Jin's quick thinking that saves him both from the police and from death. The couple ... ...expecting this to be along the same sort of lines. It is, however, not a horror of the sort that the Koreans do so well, but is a slow, psychological tale, full of metaphors and surprises, with the odd bit of gore thrown in for good measure. While it may sound as if it could be boring, it isn't. I found it beautifully mesmerising and captivating and could barely take my eyes off the screen for the duration of the film.
Hee Jin is played by Jung ...
sunmeilan 12.09.2007
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