Soom (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim (writer)

Release Date:

29 April 2007 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Love Can Take Your Breath Away

Plot:

A love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell". |

Plot Keywords:

Prison Cell | Photograph | Laundry | Snowman | Adultery

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Chen Chang	...	Jang Jin
In-Hyeong Gang	...	Young Cellmate
Jung-woo Ha	...	Husband
Ki-duk Kim
Ji-a Park	...	Yeon

Also Known As:

Breath (International: English title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | Japan:R-15 | France:U (with warning) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Company:

Cineclick Asia

Gotcha!!

Kim Ki Duk knows how to catch you. At the beginning, when you watch this movie (as when you watch other Kim's movies), you need some time...hold your thoughts, don't express your opinion yet, just wait. After a few minutes, you'll find yourself in another world, watching single details in the images, discovering colors, following characters you already love, and feel related to. "Breath" doesn't make any exception: the wife and the condemned become your friends, or relatives, and you feel their emotions, you are happy, and then sad, and then again happy, and in the end really sad. And you do it with these characters. Be careful, you'll bring them home after the show, and this movie (and its feelings), they wont leave you, for hours.