Hwal (The Bow) (2005)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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A crusty old man and his teenage bride-to-be find their secluded life at sea turned upside down with the arrival of a mysterious teenage boy in The Isle director Kim Ki-duk's quiet and contemplative drama. They've been together for ten years, and as the girl's seventeenth birthday draws near so does the union of this unlikely May-December couple. Aside from his young companion, the thing in life that the old man holds dearest to his heart is his bow. Not only is the bow an effective means of
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1) | DVD (7)
An elegiac portrait of elemental love complicated by the outside world.
Top Critic...The Bow explores a relationship that subsists somewhere between the odd and the troubling...
Brushes close to offensive material, but it has an unexpected sweetness and skill that keeps it from toppling over the edge.
How does the guy come up with this stuff?
Une oeuvre de synthèse consacrant les derniers efforts de Kim Ki-duk comme certains des plus importants du cinéma sud-coréen des années 2000.
A minor work from a major talent.
A painful experience that no amount of eye candy can make up for.
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Foreign Titles
- Hwal - Der Bogen (DE)
- The Bow (Hwal) (UK)
