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      The Isle

      2000, Drama, 1h 29m

      36 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      A compelling and oddly haunting combination of brutal and beautiful imagery. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      A man (Seo Jeong) becomes violently obsessive about the woman (Kim Yu-seok) who saved him from committing suicide.

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: Korean

      • Director: Kim Ki-duk

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $21.1K

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Empire Pictures

      • Production Co: Myung Films

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo

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      • Jan 20, 2013

        A mute woman who runs a fishing resort becomes obsessed with a suicidal fugitive hiding out in one of the floating cabins. A bizarre, perverted sadomasochistic love story in a unique setting; animal lovers may feel like boycotting this one, though.

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      • Nov 10, 2011

        Kim Ki-duk serves up another dark and twisted love-story themed film set on a fishing lake where a mute woman and a man with a troubled past find attraction with eachother. The movie is very picturesque and beautiful to look at at times, then we have some rather unpleasant scenes that add the disturbing quality to it all. There's a couple of very nasty moments of self-harm involving fish hooks and moments of animal cruelty - fish mutilated, a drowning finch, a dog takes a beating and a frog gets ripped apart. I wouldn't really describe this as an erotic film at all, yes there are sex scenes but they are not romantic and the majority of them are done fully clothed without any titilation. The acting was very good all round, especially by the mute woman, a little bit more background on the male character would have been nice though. But I was really hooked from the start with this one despite the slowness of it all and the very little dialogue. I enjoyed it more than "Bad Guy".

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      • Apr 14, 2011

        Unforgettable quotes and dialogues... No, no, wait. The movie speaks volumes through its silence... Damn it. FML that I happen to stumble upon such films these days around.

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      • Jul 17, 2009

        This is definitely not a film for all tastes. The Isle not only shows some of the most disturbing images on film ( animal mistreatment) but it also makes the viewer work hard to figure out what it all about. Specially the very last scene which I think was put there for each viewer to make they're own interpretation.There is so little dialogue that this is almost like a silent film.. There's people violence in the film too, there are some cruel moments in the film, and there's a good deal of dark intrigue.The film just didn't seem quite meaningful to me. I could certainly have done with more dialogue and more compelling characters, this would have helped me understand more of what the film was trying to say. I did not like it. Not my type of film.

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