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Shi gan

Directed by Kim Ki-duk
South Korea, 2006
Drama, Cult

Synopsis

Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. She worries he will tire of her face. Then, she disappears. Telling no one, she goes to a plastic surgeon for a new face, and reappears later as someone else. Yet her reaction to his surprise is, in itself, surprising.

Synopsis

Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. She worries he will tire of her face. Then, she disappears. Telling no one, she goes to a plastic surgeon for a new face, and reappears later as someone else. Yet her reaction to his surprise is, in itself, surprising.

Our take

Kim Ki-duk has a penchant for creating hot-button cinema, earning him equally passionate supporters and detractors. Time follows Seh-Hee, a girl who tries to rescue her waning romance by getting plastic surgery, only making things more complicated…