Completed - KOREAN - Drama - 113 minutes
Based on Han Kang’s famous short story, about an artist who falls for his vegetarian sister-in-law. He paints her body and feels the desire to take her. VEGETARIAN is a film that unites desire with art by adapting a short story into the screen and portraying the main character’s artistic behaviors.
Year of production : 2009 Director(s) : Woo-Seong LIM Writer(s) : Woo-Seong LIM Cast : Min-Seo CHEA, Hyun-Sung KIM, Yeo-Jin KIM, Young-Jae KIM Producer(s) : Min-Sub LIM (Bluetree Pictures)
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-Hye, having nightmare everynight, finally declares vegetarianism, throwing away all meats from refrigerator. Her husband Kil-Soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. During a family lunch, Yeong-Hye tries to kill herself due to her father's abrupt violence. Observing all the happenings, Yeong-Hye's brother-in-law, Min-Ho, a videoartist, hears from his wife that Yeong-Hye is having a Mongolian spot on her hips. Min-ho gets inspiration from that and starts to sketch......
Country(ies) : KOREA (South)
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Sundance Film Festival 2010 World Cinema Competition