Bad Guy (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Kim Ki-Duk
IndiePix Price: $24.95
RUNTIME - 103 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2001
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
GENRES - drama
Film Info
A harrowing portrait of love and desire, BAD GUY is situated deep in Seoul's seedy nightlife. Differing strains of the story follow various people inexorably caught up in an underground existence that exercises a vice-like grip over their every action; a pimp forces a prostitute to live in her booth, then falls in love with her by watching her activities behind a two-way mirror; a murderer seeks solace in a quite lakeside retreat, then meets a prostitute who works there. These stories come together in director Kim Ki-Duk's (THE ISLE) emotional feature, which shines a painful, unflinching light on some of society's darker characters.
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FESTIVALS
- Cognac Festival du Film Policier 2004 (Cognac, France)
- Deauville Asian Film Festival 2004 (Deauville, France)
- Korean Film Festival 2003 (Washington D.C., United States)
- NatFilm Festival: Film Festival of Denmark 2003 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Berlin International Film Festival 2002 (Berlin, Germany)
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2002 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2002 (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic)
- Moscow International Film Festival 2002 (Moscow, Russia)
- Oslo International Film Festival 2002 (Oslo, Norway)
- Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia 2002 (Sitges, Spain)
Awards
- Golden Berlin Bear (Nominee)
2002 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) - Grand Bell Award, Best New Actress (Winner)
2002 Grand Bell Awards (Seoul, South Korea) - Orient Express Award (Winner)
2002 Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia (Sitges, Spain)