Synopsis
Park Chan-wook's most romantic film is also one of his most formally controlled — a detective story in which the suspense is built almost entirely out of looking. The film owes more to Vertigo than to Park's own Vengeance Trilogy, and the final shot leaves a viewer breathless in a way revenge never quite did.
Did You Know?
- Won Best Director for Park Chan-wook at Cannes.
- First Park film without overt physical violence as its centerpiece.
- The Chinese-Korean language barrier between leads is plotted into the film itself.
- Park called it his "Vertigo".
- The final beach sequence took three weeks to shoot.
Iconic Quotes
- "You are an unsolved case."
- "I am alone."
- "That is when I begin to love you."
- "In the end, I will be alone."
- "We are at the same time."
