The Isle

The Isle

2000 · 90 min · KO · 6.9 (368 votes)
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · Starring Kim Yu-seok, Suh Jung, Seo Won, Son Min-seok, Cho Jae-hyun, Jang Hang-seon · Music Jeon Sang-yun

A beautiful yet dangerous place...

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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.

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A hauntingly beautiful and deeply unsettling portrait of isolation and forbidden desire. The film's atmosphere is thick with unspoken longing and simmering tension, drawing you into a world of raw emotion and stark beauty.

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