Director: Bong Joon-ho
Script: Bong Joon-ho, Shim Sung-bo after true events related to Kim Gwang-rim
Cinematographer: Kim Hyung-gu
Editor: Kim Sun-min
Sound: Lee Byung-ha
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho, Byeon Hie-bong, Ko Seo-hie
Production: Sidus Corporation
Distribution:
CTV International
85 bis rue Réaumur
75002 Paris
France
Tel: 0033 1.44.76.07.27
Fax: 0033 1.44.76.07.93
Mail: [email protected]
www.ctvint.fr
Year: 2003
35 mm, Colour, 127 min,
OV Korean with French Subtitles
Awarded in Cognac, San Sebastian, Torino and Korean Film Festivals
In 1986 in the province of Gyunggi, the corpse of a young woman raped and murdered is found in the countryside. Two months later, similar crimes occur. In a country where such atrocities never took place before, the rumor of a serial killer grows more and more every day. A special police unit is created in the region in order to rapidly find the murderer. It is placed under policeman Park’s orders, and under Seo, a detective specially sent from Seoul at Park’s request. Facing lack of evidence, the two men gradually sink into doubt…
Inspired by a news item, this film in between a thriller and a comedy depicts the social and political realities of Korea. Its humor and violence astonish and delight the audience yet not used to such mélange of genres..
