Bakha Satang (1999)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 130 minuten
Alternative title: Peppermint Candy
Country:
South Korea / Japan
Directed by: Lee Chang-dong
Starst: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri and Kim Yeo-jin
IMDb score:
7,6 (12.383)
Releasedate: 1 January 2000
Bakha Satang plot
"Time travel to find lost innocence."
Yong-ho shows up at a reunion party on the bank of a river. He looks confused and disrupts the festivities. Moments later, Yong-ho disappears only to reappear on the rails of a nearby railway. When a train approaches, he doesn't move, and the moment Yong-ho threatens to be hit by the train, he yells, "I'm going back!"
Actors and actresses
Kim Yeong-ho
Yun Sun-im
Hong-ja
Miss Lee
Kyeong-ah
Sergeant Lee
Detective Kang
Detective Song
Park Myung-sik
Shin Kwang-man
Reviews & comments
JayLunar
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- 748 messages
- 2961 votes
The modern Citizen Kane.
A film that takes a step back in time with an episodic narrative (not at all à la Memento as suggested), through which we slowly learn what drove the main character (a brilliant Sol Kyung-gu) to make the tragic decision with which the film opens. We see how political and social events in Korea in recent decades shape him, and ultimately lead to his downfall. Due to an extremely contemplative film style, the film initially seems to make little impression, but after a while it is guaranteed to grab you by the throat. The direction is of an otherworldly level.
The film makes a strong political statement, with which Lee Chang-dong seems to want to settle accounts once and for all with a number of unattractive events from recent Korean history. Because the film is so politically engaged, it was not surprising that Lee Chang-dong was given a position in the Korean cabinet a few years after making this film, as minister of culture (he did not keep this position for long, however, and preferred to return to making films). It is quite a shame that the film remained so overlooked, and was made just too early to benefit from the bubble of Korean cinema.
This film is best approached with as little knowledge as possible. That is why I have made such a meaningless synopsis in the addition.
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Goldenskull
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- 24398 messages
- 3099 votes
Starts promising, but after 40 minutes or so Bakha Satang becomes more and more long-winded, less beautiful and more annoying. It is clear where the film wants to go as soon as we find out that Yong-ho was in the army. The scene in which he shoots a student dead was just a bit over the top and unnecessary, rather irritating crying scene.
At times a beautiful film. Too bad about the sometimes somewhat exaggerated drama and the narrative structure is also not really a plus.
3.0*
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