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The Isle

2000 · 90 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into obsession and violence, with stark visuals and almost no dialogue, leaving a lingering unease.

Tagline
A beautiful yet dangerous place...
Overview
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • love
  • violence
  • madness
Places
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Kim Ki-duk
Written by
Kim Ki-duk
Starring
Kim Yu-seok, Suh Jung, Seo Won, Son Min-seok, Cho Jae-hyun, Jang Hang-seon, Han Ji-sun, Yoon Hee-won
Music
Jeon Sang-yun
Cinematography
Hwang Suh-shik
Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
Korean

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