Lady Vengeance (2005)
(Chinjeolhan geumjassi)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim
Synopsis:
After spending thirteen years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a young boy, an innocent woman sets about making contact with her own, forcibly adopted, daughter and exacting vengeance on the true culprit.
Review:
The final part in Park's vengeance trilogy is the most lyrical and low-key, saving itself for a grand-guignolesque finale that owes as much to Shakespeare as to Agatha Christie. The baroque musical trimmings and elliptical narrative style make for an exquisitely honed meditation on what the dish best served cold does to its exactor, removing her ability to think clearly and lead a normal joined-up life, but at the same time acting as a melancholy sacrament through which she must pass to atone for what was done in her name.
(Chinjeolhan geumjassi)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim
Synopsis:
After spending thirteen years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a young boy, an innocent woman sets about making contact with her own, forcibly adopted, daughter and exacting vengeance on the true culprit.
Review:
The final part in Park's vengeance trilogy is the most lyrical and low-key, saving itself for a grand-guignolesque finale that owes as much to Shakespeare as to Agatha Christie. The baroque musical trimmings and elliptical narrative style make for an exquisitely honed meditation on what the dish best served cold does to its exactor, removing her ability to think clearly and lead a normal joined-up life, but at the same time acting as a melancholy sacrament through which she must pass to atone for what was done in her name.
(Chinjeolhan geumjassi)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim
Synopsis:
After spending thirteen years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a young boy, an innocent woman sets about making contact with her own, forcibly adopted, daughter and exacting vengeance on the true culprit.
Review:
The final part in Park's vengeance trilogy is the most lyrical and low-key, saving itself for a grand-guignolesque finale that owes as much to Shakespeare as to Agatha Christie. The baroque musical trimmings and elliptical narrative style make for an exquisitely honed meditation on what the dish best served cold does to its exactor, removing her ability to think clearly and lead a normal joined-up life, but at the same time acting as a melancholy sacrament through which she must pass to atone for what was done in her name.