Oasis
Summary:
Korean director Lee Chang-dong's drama begins on the day that Jong-du (Sol Kyung-gu), a mentally handicapped young man, is released from prison. He is immediately arrested again for being unable to pay a restaurant bill, and his brother bails him out and sets him up with a menial job and a place to live. The crime that originally landed Jong-du in prison was a hit-and-run accident ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Seol Gyeong-gu - (Jong-du)
Moon So-ri - (Gong-ju)
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Review:
This film by celebrated novelist-turned-director Lee Chang-dong owes much of its critical and commercial success to the sensitive acting performances he elicits from his two leads, particularly Moon So-ri as cerebral palsy victim Gong-ju. Moon doesn't simply mimic the physical contortions caused by the disease (though the painful physicality ... Continue >>
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