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Actors: Sang Hyun Lee, Tae Yeon Kim
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Lies (1999) |
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LIES (Gojitmal) is a Korean movie written and directed by Sun-Woo Jang in 1999. This picture was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
"Y" is an 18 years old student who falls in love with her best friend's lover, the 38 years old sculptor "J". "J"'s wife is in Paris, attending the university.
Firstly, "J" teaches the until then virgin "Y" the basics of physical love. Later, he introduces her to the joys of whipping. Soon, pain and love become the inseparable companions of their encounters.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Lies (1999) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Lover is...
- much older/younger
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- seeing full frontal--men
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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