31 October 2012

Samaritan Girl (South Korea, 2004)

Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, etc. One Day Yeo-Jin fails in doing her job overlooking police officers looking for under-aged prostitutes. In order to not get caught Jae-Young jumps out of a window almost killing herself. On her deathbed, she wishes to see the man again whom she fell in love with. But the man only agrees if Yeo-Jin sleeps with him. She does, but as they arrive in the hospital Jae-Young is already dead. Trying to understand her best friend, Yeo-Jin tracks down every man she slept with and does the same. 

Consisting of three chapters with their own distinctive tones, Samaritan Girl (a.k.a. Samaria) explores themes such as sin and atonement. Directed by the magnificent Kim Ki-duk (3-Iron) it has that certain feel to it that only he can create. An unbelievably dark story of youth gone wrong.


Genre: Drama

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