3-Iron

    Genre
    Drama, Foreign
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2005
  • |
    • Countries
    South Korea, Japan
  • |
    • Languages
    Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Ki-duk Kim
WRITTEN BY:
Ki-duk Kim
CAST INCLUDES:
Hee Jae, Seung-yeon Lee

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days. Director/Writer Ki-duk Kim's (SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER… and Spring) Venice Film Festival award winner is a tender, moving romance that was praised by critics. Entertainment Weekly calls it, "stunning! The two main characters never say a word to one another as they break into vacant apartments, two melancholy loners who find a kind of domestic bliss together. Ki-duk Kim makes silence sing."

SYNOPSIS

Tae-suk (Hee Jae) is a lonely drifter who spends his nights in one empty vacation home after another. However, Tae-suk is not your usual squatter, as the courteous young man always makes sure to show his absent – and unknowing – hosts his gratitude by doing small household tasks or making simple improvements before moving on. One day, Tae-suk mistakes a quiet home for an empty one and stumbles across an abused housewife (Seung-yeon Lee) in urgent need of his intervention.

3-Iron

    Genre
    Drama, Foreign
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2005
  • |
    • Countries
    South Korea, Japan
  • |
    • Languages
    Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Ki-duk Kim
WRITTEN BY
Ki-duk Kim
CAST INCLUDES
Hee Jae, Seung-yeon Lee
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days. Director/Writer Ki-duk Kim's (SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER… and Spring) Venice Film Festival award winner is a tender, moving romance that was praised by critics. Entertainment Weekly calls it, "stunning! The two main characters never say a word to one another as they break into vacant apartments, two melancholy loners who find a kind of domestic bliss together. Ki-duk Kim makes silence sing."

Tae-suk (Hee Jae) is a lonely drifter who spends his nights in one empty vacation home after another. However, Tae-suk is not your usual squatter, as the courteous young man always makes sure to show his absent – and unknowing – hosts his gratitude by doing small household tasks or making simple improvements before moving on. One day, Tae-suk mistakes a quiet home for an empty one and stumbles across an abused housewife (Seung-yeon Lee) in urgent need of his intervention.

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