Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.
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...that is why they invented cinema !-) Thank you to cast and crew.
Having watched many Korean films through random finds I came across this gem. Not only is this film suitable for the hard of reading (some people hate subs) but its great for the spectrum of film watchers who appreciate more than just a spectacle of visuals or heartstrings. I was on a bit of a roller coaster after watching "I saw the devil" the evening before so i was expecting to be yawning and anticipated a chick flick...Not really a big fan of Lee Hae-jun but i was so surprised how much I enjoyed this film.. Ups, downs and laughs.. Spend a bit of time on the couch with wife, husband or partner and snuggle down for a cracker of a film...
It seems that not all people can look through this film. Using it as some kind of glasses to see the fragments of social condition in Korea's nowadays life. Or if not glasses, camera lens.Suicide, shutting in, harsh life, fierce work competition, debt, bullying, these are the fragments of social problems put in one motion picture. Castaway on The Moon. Initially, this film will tell you about this: "Life is such a pain in the ass." And then when the man got stuck on the small island surrounded by the city scape it tells you again: "It even kicks you out." but then you'll be told: "But it's not that bad." To me, that is the idea about this film. Life has its bitterness and its salvia flower. Life has hope and despair. It is fine. You just need to keep living. Cause when you stop, you lose the chance to see the other side of life. When you give in to despair, you'll never gonna see hope.
Despite a few flaws, this movie is a successfully reductive but also growth-stimulating , when reductive, fantasy ; of two very different, but content in their differences escapists in modernity, finding a private despite its absurdly public location, emotional space between themselves - after the less so drawn into the net , identity-precarious one, loses everything, and decides somewhat absurdly, to abandon city life upon a inlet island(after accidentally arriving there, that is) , soon preferring his own not quite right 'rationalisations' relative to all he'd thought he'd worked for , while the other, gradually finds the space between them a windowsill-like escape route she CAN take, unlike what she cannot, if she chooses to face her parents.An excellent start.though a little contrived one might say of the plot, this film is almost perfectly shot, only some scenes a little narrow, but that's kind of appropriate anyway ...But much more to its credit than how its been shot, are some of the uses of living amongst others, no-space - no-choice but to learn to live with , ironic or sardonic futilities that get the marooned stiff a little loose as he gets progressively less able to find his 'rationalisations' useful , lol, poor sucker! while at the same time, the emotionless-ness of the other character, simply ignores his plight, almost as we are all as she is , up to a point, that is... as we observe more of her obsessions and a little stereotyped isolations and quirks, she begins to lose them , finding in this separated from the rest of the city man , a kind of increasingly thick a nest , to perhaps settle down on (did I say on? , I mean in, oops! ;-D ) , which almost dimension-ally at times, she can observe perversely, in REAL 3D , unlike everything else.As he suffers of course, the plot comes to an end , as does the movie, and our own voyeurism , and it could be said , to be that simple, despite its effectiveness.I think that's a good thing in this case tho , and that that has made more time for aesthetic and effective combinations of photography, perspective, edited script rather than something too long, and detachment-metaphised between the two as I said, while between them is a gigantic mirror in itself - the reflection off the water of the river. its no romeo and Juliet, and certainly much browner(Gnomio perhaps? ), but again, that's a good thing.Serandes under the moon just put u to sleep ... yawn.this makes for a grand metaphor in a compact, emotional, and easy to follow film.re-watchable, and evocative. damn good effort.
