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Seom

2000
★ 6.9 / 10
Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law fo...
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Reviews
★★★★★
Introducing the world to the wickedly disturbing yet thoughtful style of one of South Korea's most prolific & controversial filmmakers, The Isle is a deliriously dark story of love, obsession & salvation that follows two broken souls who find comfort in each o...
★★★★★
Seom aka The Isle is written and directed by Korean film maker Ki-duk Kim. This bizarre film tells about happenings in strange fishing resort in which fishermen live and fish in floating cabins at daytime, and have fun and sex with local prostitutes at night t...
★★★★★
There are two immutable truths in matters of the heart. None more desirable than those who do not want you; none less desirable than those you could possess with ease. Somewhere between these two axioms fall the doomed lovers of this spellbinding offering. Bea...
★★★★★
The Isle is a hard film to evaluate. It pulls the viewer's emotions in every different conceivable direction, from empathy to outright horror and everything in between. After it ended I wasn't sure if I was going to cry or to throw up; I didn't know if I was s...
★★★★★
Another movie that has attained a little notoriety from the number of walk-outs at festival screenings, and even a couple of audience members passing out. Whilst it is not hard to see why, it is a shame that is what the film is known for, as there is much more...
Trailer
Seom Official Trailer
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