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Mood:
- StylizedHumorousOffbeatSentimentalTouching
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Plot:
- PsychologicalMental IllnessLove and RomanceMind and SoulAndroids and RobotsMentally UnstableSplit PersonalityObsession more...
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Genres:
- ForeignComedyDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Mental Institution
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- Surreal
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- Special Effects
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Saibogujiman kwenchana, 2006
Korean
South Korea
Profile of Saibogujiman kwenchana
The mood of Saibogujiman kwenchana is stylized, offbeat, and sentimental. The plot centers around mental illness, psychological motives, and love and romance. It is a foreign, drama, and comedy movie. Stylistically, Saibogujiman kwenchana is surreal. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a mental institution. Saibogujiman kwenchana happens in contemporary times. Visually, it involves special effects. The movie is known for being a Berlin festival winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Saibogujiman kwenchana
Young-goon works at manufacturing plant, assembling radios. She keeps to herself and also keeps a secret to herself, which is that she is a cyborg. One day, while working at the factory, she decides to re-charge herself, by slashing her wrist and implanting electrical wires into her arm. This quickly buys Young-goon a ticket into “New World,” a a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illnesses.At New World, Young-goon spends her time listening to the radio, talking with vending machines, and licking the terminals of 9 volt batteries. She soon encounters a guy, that is somewhat on the same eccentric level, named Il-Sun. Formerly an electrician, Il-Sun is now a thief of souls in the mental hospital, along with being your run-of-the-mill kleptomaniac. He believes that he possesses the power to steal the characteristics of other people. Young-goon and Il-Sun soon bond together, as their strange personalities complements each other perfectly. Unfortunately Young-goon becomes seriously ill from malnutrition. She believes that Cyborgs should not eat “human” food and thus has not eaten in weeks. She soon loses most of her energy and becomes bed ridden. The doctors say that she has only a few more days to live, if she continues her ways. Il-Sun must now find a way to connect to her soul and save her from imminent death.
Details
| Language: | Korean |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Release date: | 17 March 2007 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as Cha Young-goon
as Park Il-sun
as Choi Seul-gi
as Judge
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