Time (2006 film)

2006 South Korean film by Kim Ki-duk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Time is the thirteenth feature film by South Korean director Kim Ki-duk. It premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on June 30, 2006.

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Directed byKim Ki-duk
Written byKim Ki-duk
StarringHa Jung-woo
Sung Hyun-ah
CinematographyJong-moo Sung
Distributed bySponge
Happinet
Release date
  • June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesJapan
South Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget$1 million[citation needed]
Box office$185,299[1][2]
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Plot

Seh-hee and Ji-woo (Ha Jung-woo) are a young couple two years into their relationship. Though he never acts on his impulses, Ji-woo has something of a roving eye and Seh-hee is intensely jealous and fearful that Ji-woo will soon lose interest and leave her. Believing that Ji-woo is bored with seeing the same, boring her all the time, Seh-hee takes drastic action, leaving him without warning and having drastic cosmetic surgery, taking on a new face, which she hopes to use to snare him again, under an assumed identity, once she has healed. But when Ji-woo shows interest in this new and "improved" Seh-hee (Sung Hyun-ah), it triggers only more self-doubt and loathing.[3] After all, he may love the "new" girl, but does this mean that he has rejected the old? Seh-hee is utterly trapped in her own insecurities, a situation that prompts Ji-woo to take drastic action of his own.

Production

Filming locations include Baemikkumi Sculpture Park in South Korea.[4][5]

Reception

Of 34 critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes, 76% positively reviewed Time, with the critics' consensus being: "A tale of love and plastic surgery, Kim Ki-Duk's haunting film is both wryly comic and disturbing."[6] The film holds a 73/100 on Metacritic.[7]

Awards and nominations

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2006 Chicago International Film Festival International Film Competition Time Won
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival Best Film Nominated
Best Make-Up Jin Jang Won
2nd Pyeongtaek Film Festival New Currents Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
2007 27th Oporto International Film Festival Best Actor Won
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