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Seom (2000)
Country of Origin: South
Korea
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 85 mins 86 mins
90 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Myung Film Company Ltd
Executive Producer: Hwang seo-shik
Producer: Lee Eun
Production Chief: Shin Cheol
Production Investment: Seok Dong-jun
SCRIPT
Script: Kiduck Kim
DIRECTION
Director: Kiduck Kim
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Suh Shikwhang
Gaffer: Shin Jun-ha
Stills: Han Se-jun
Poster Photo:Oh Hyoung-keun
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Kyoung Min-ho
MUSIC
Music: Sang Yoonjeon
SOUND
Sound: Lee Seung-cheol
Spot Recording: Han Cheol-hi
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Costumes: Chu Eun-jeong
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Kim Ki-deok
Sets: Oh Sang-man
MISCELLANEOUS
"Note" (?): Cheong Myoung-suk
Advertising Design: Kim Sang-man
Marketing Team Chief: Cheong Keum-ja
CAST
Jae Hyun Cho
Kin You-Suk (Hyun-shik)
Hang-Seon Jang
Suh Jung (Hee-jin)
SUMMARY
Former policeman Hyun-shik murders his girlfriend
and retreats to a hut floating on a remote lake. There he meets Hee-Jin,
a young prostitutre who seels bait to the local fishermen and who saves
Hyun-shik when he tries to kill himself by swal;lowing fish hooks. They
begin a torrid affair that soon turns extremely nasty...
AVAILABILITY
France
Theatrical Distributor: Steward
Hong Kong
Theatrical Distributor: Golden Scene
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Cheil Jedang CJ Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
France
Rating: -16
Hong Kong
Rating: III
South Korea
Rating: N-8
<AWARDS
2000
Venice Film Festival
Netpac Award - Special Mention (Kiduck Kim) - winner
Golden Lion (Kiduck Kim) - nominated
2001
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
Golden Raven (Kiduck Kim) - winner
Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award: Best Actress (Suh Jung) - winner
International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award (Kiduck Kim) - winner
TIMELINE
2000
March
7: South Korea - rated N-8 by the censor board
April
22: South Korea - theatrical release
September
11: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival
2001
January
25: Netherlands - shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival
March
12: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy
Films
April
13: Hong Kong - shown at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
25: France - theatrical release
May
10: Hong Kong - theatrical release
July
8: Czech Republic - shown at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
19: Australia - shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival
August
27: UK - shown at Frightfest 2001, London
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Isle - International English language
title
L'isola - Italian title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Amante Cine no.110 (May 2001) pp.52-61
illustrated review (La gran tentación by SG)
Cinemaya no.49 (Autumn
2000) pp.25-26
illustrated credits, review (by Kim Ji-seok)
Positif no.483 (May 2001) p.60
illustrated review (A a Z notes sur les films by N.H.)
Premiere (France) no.290 (May 2001) p.60
illustrated review (by Stéphane Lamome)
Shivers no.91 (August / September 2001)
pp.36-37
review (by Alan Jones)
Sight and Sound vol.11 no.8 (August 2001)
pp.48-49
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Variety 29 May 2000 p.29
credits, synopsis, review (by Derek Elley)
OTHER SOURCES
57th Venice Film Festival Catalogue (30
August 2000) pp.64-65
illustrated credits, synopsis, note
KEYWORDS
fishing; islands; prostitution; attempted suicide
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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