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Tae-suk (Jae Hee) is a different kind of criminal - he breaks into people's homes, but doesn't steal anything, just helps himself to food and a nice place to stay for a night or two; and always leaves the place spotless. He chooses his houses by going door to door and leaving flyers - when he returns to the neighborhood, the house with the flyer still intact becomes his new crash pad.
Tae-suk selects a house that isn't empty - a woman, Sun-hwa (Lee Seung-yeon) has been abused by her husband, Min-kyu (Kwon Hyuk-ho), and at first she just watches Tae-suk go about his routine. She later turns to him for comfort. Min-kyu comes home and goes nuts, but Tae-suk puts him in his place and leaves with Sun-hwa. Their adventure together begins - she quickly fits right in with his program, but their time is fraught with mishaps, sorrow, and a run-in with the police. But their destiny won't be so easily denied.
The amazing thing about this movie is how it develops characters and establishes
a relationship without using dialog - the main character never speaks the
entire movie and the woman utters one line directed at Tae-suk. Yet you
know what's going on between the characters because every gesture speaks
volumes. Plus, there's the clever way that writer/director Kim Ki-duk uses
the external characters to explain missing plot points. The good news is
that if you don't like to see foreign films because you don't like to read
- you don't have a lot to worry about here.
Tae-suk is smart and funny and a little mischievous - in every house he tinkers with electronic gadgets, fixing stereos, clocks, scales, but always adding in a little something unexpected.
Kim Ki-duk knows how to capture images on the screen (his movies usually
have breathtaking landscapes). He trades the beautiful outdoors for some
not-so-ordinary interior shots, and manages to make every frame count.
The music helps sell the mood of the movie and props go to whoever photographed
the nudes on the wall - they're incredible.
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