Korean cinema rose to prominence at the beginning of the century and grew with great momentum.
South Korea's "crime" films are also unique.
When it comes to Korean crime movies, they are always inseparable from bloody violence.
For example, Park Chan-wook's world-famous "Revenge Trilogy" ("I Want Revenge", "Old Boy", "Kind Gold");
Or Luo Hongzhen's "Yellow Sea" and "The Pursuer";
There are also Bong Joon-ho's "Memories of Killing", "Mother" and so on.
It has to be said that Korean films, with their own unique temperament, occupy their own share of the world in the international film world.
The Korean movie I want to share today is also quite wonderful.
Looking at this title, you know that it is a sadistic and cruel movie.
"The Beginning and End of the Kim FuNan Murders"
The protagonist of the story, Kim Fu-nam, lives on a sparsely populated [islandless],
This place seems to be a paradise, but for Jin Funan, it is a hell on earth.
When Jin Funan was young, he had a little friend Zheng Haiyuan. Unlike Kim Fu-nam's kindness and peace, Zheng Haiyuan, who has worked hard in a big city like Seoul for many years, is accustomed to seeing everything right and wrong in society and the workplace, and she holds the attitude of not caring about herself.
At the beginning of the story, Haiyuan is confronted with a woman who has been insulted, but Haiyuan's attitude is very cold, and she rolls up the car window and leaves.
Haiyuan also treats her work the same way, facing an old lady with no financial ability, she has no sympathy and implements what she calls "official business."
From the beginning, it was clear that Haiyuan was a cold and selfish person.
Later, Haiyuan was forced to take a week off because of her personal emotional problems.
Taking advantage of the holiday, Haiyuan returned to her hometown of No Island, where she had been away for a long time.
The most exciting thing about Haiyuan's arrival is Jin Funan, whose feelings for Haiyuan are still as innocent as when he was a child.
She washed her, cooked, and helped her solve many crises.
From Kim Fu-nam's words and deeds, it can be seen that Hae-won is the heart of her mind, knowledgeable, beautiful-looking, from Seoul.
But Jin Funan is not as lucky as Haiyuan, and the people in this islandless island have always stayed in a state of male superiority and female inferiority. The men on the island go out fishing, and Kim FuNan is the only young female laborer on the island, and the women on the island call to her.
At night, Jin Funan became the target of men's venting, often suffering from sexual violence by the little uncle.
Not only that, Jin Funan also suffered domestic violence from her animal husband from time to time on weekdays, even if she was scarred, she did not resist.
The husband will also call the lady from outside the island because of the physiological needs that Jin Funan can't get, and Jin Funan silently endures.
Until, Jin Funan found her daughter's underwear from her husband's pocket, plus confirmed from her daughter's shy demeanor that her daughter had been violated by her husband. The last line of defense in her heart was broken.
After a long period of oppression and not wanting her daughter to go her way, Jin Funan yearns for the outside world even more.
She proposed her childhood agreement to Haiyuan and took her with her daughter.
But Haiyuan found various reasons to prevaricate.
Jin Funan still did not give up the idea of fleeing, stole her husband's money, and ran away before dawn. As a result, it is conceivable that she did not succeed and was beaten by her husband.
What is even more tragic is that the daughter was pushed to death by her husband in this dispute.
Everyone on the island looked on coldly and indirectly became accomplices.
Not only that, in the face of police interrogation, they also identified it as caused by Jin Funan's escape.
And what about Jin Funan, who thinks he is best friend Haiyuan?
She said she was sleeping and didn't see the process.
Next, the plot, I believe everyone can guess.
The kind and peaceful Kim Funan is awakened by the most trusted people to awaken the demons in her heart, she loses her mind, and takes up the scythe to frantically retaliate against everyone on the island, the scene is quite bloody and violent.
In fact, this film is not simply telling the story of Jin Funan's revenge, but more of a torture of human nature.
The ignorance and tradition of the women on the island regard men as heaven, and one of the most common words they say is "there must be a man in the family.". It is precisely because of the ignorance and cowardice of women that men are even more unscrupulous.
In addition to the people of the island, there are two other representative figures.
First, the prostitute called in by Jin Funan's husband outside the island, and at the same time, the low-level figures in society, the prostitutes, understood Kim Funan very well and offered to take Jin Funan away, but the good people did not have good rewards, and the director did not explain her where she went at the end of the story.
Second, Jin Funan's childhood playmate Haiyuan, as Jin Funan finally said to her: "You are really unkind. "Jin Funan was wholeheartedly good to her, but she not only did not lend a helping hand when Jin Funan was in danger, but also stayed out of the matter and invisibly released the murderer. When she was a child, she was unjust, and when she grew up, she was also the last straw that crushed Jin Funan.
Here, I think the director is also quite ironic, one is very sympathetic although a prostitute, and the other is a professional white-collar worker and childhood playmate who is cold and ruthless.
The name of this film is very good "The beginning and end of the Murder of Kim Funan", everything has a cause and effect, 120 minutes in a condensed form shows a woman's tragic life, in the end, life is torture, only death relief.
The film's director, Jang Chul-so, made his feature-length debut, who was Kim Ki-duk's assistant director. Because of this, many people commented that this film has the shadow of Kim Ki-duk, telling the most brutal and terrifying stories in the most extreme way.
Jang Chul-so was shortlisted for the Film Critics Week section of the Cannes Film Festival for "The Beginning and End of the Kim Fu Nam Murder Incident" and won the New Director Award at the 47th Korea Daejong Film Awards.
Three years later, his film "Hidden and Great" broke eleven records in the Korean film industry and became one of the best-selling films in 2013.
In addition, let's talk about the heroine of this film, Xu Yingji.
I have to say that this film shocked me not only the plot, but also the acting skills of the heroine. From the helplessness at the beginning to the hysterical madness at the end, there is no ambiguity at all. She won the Best Actress Award at the Korean Film Awards, which is well deserved.
What this fan said is what I want to say.
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