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Actors: Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Tale of Two Sisters |
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A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (Janghwa, Hongryeon) is a Korean movie written and directed by Ji-woon Kim in 2003. This film earned the Grand Prize of three major European and American Film Festivals (Gerardmer, Fantasporto and the Los Angeles Screamfest) in 2003 and 2004.
Bae Soo-mi and her sister Bae Soo-yeon come back home after having spent some time in a mental institution after their mother's death. They have to deal now with their stepmother the young girls seem to hate for an unknown reason. After their arrival, strange things begin to happen in the house: someone is entering the girls's rooms at night and frightens them, a ghost appears successively to the stepmother and to the young girls and, the strangest of all, the father of the girls doesn't notice anything.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Tale of Two Sisters |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- haunted house or boat
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wife/homemaker
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- ample chest and buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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