The Isle

Local title
Saar
Original title
Seom
Director
Kim Ki-duk
Country
South Korea
Year
2000
Programme
In Focus: The Firsts of Kim Ki-duk
Genre
psychological drama

"The Isle" is Kim Ki-duk's fourth film and the first one to receive wide international acclaim for his famous recognizable style. Hee-Jin (Seo Jung) works in a fishing spot isolated from the world and takes care of small fishing huts that seem to float like islands on a reservoir. Occasionally, she also prostitutes herself to the fishermen. One day, a man comes. He is full of a sense of despair and estrangement. Hee-Jin has her own streak of rustic madness.

"The Isle" is the place we all long for, but we run away from there as we get bored with it. Thus, a man's isle is a woman and a woman's isle is a man." - Kim Ki-duk

Director
Kim Ki-duk
Screenwriter
Kim Ki-duk
Cast
Jung Suh, Kim Yu-seok, Cho Jae-hyun
Producer
Eun Lee
DoP
Hwang Seo-shik
Editor
Kyeong Min-ho
Composer
Jeon Sang-yun
Production
Myung Films
Runtime
Language
Korean
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Venice, Sundance
Director
Kim Ki-duk

Filmograafia Valik/Selected: Seom (2000, Saar PÖFF 2001), Na bbun nam ja (Bad Guy, 2001), Soochwieen bodmyung (2001, Aadress teadmata PÖFF 2002), Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Kevad, suvi, sügis, talv ... ja kevad, 2003), Samaria (Samaaria tüdruk, PÖFF 2004), Bin jip (Tühi maja, PÖFF 2004), Hwal (Vibu, PÖFF 2005), Shi gan (Aeg, PÖFF 2006), Soom (Breath, 2007), Bi-mong (Dream, 2008), Arirang (PÖFF 2011, doc), Amen (2011, doc), Pietà (PÖFF 2012), Moebius (Möbius, PÖFF 2013), Ildaeil 8One on One, 2014), Seu-top (Stop, 2015), Geumul (The Net, 2016), Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human, 2018)

Screenings

Rõdusaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening039201 / Saar
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer