Samaria

Two teenage girls run a prostitution ‘business’ together. One makes the appointments and the other does the job. But when she gets into a fatal accident, the other one goes from making the appointments to doing the actual job. Then, one day, her father finds out and he’s out for revenge.

The Cast


The Trailer



Worth the Popcorn?

There are a number of things I like about Kim Ki-duk. First of all, he's a great and intelligent writer. The characters he creates are always interesting and unusual. But also his direction. He is always creating beautiful scenes like in 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring.' Always looking for something different, a different perspective as you might say. Sometimes in metaphors and sometimes in dialogs or acting.

Samaria is just like it. Unusual and beautiful pictures, like the one on top, combined with the story about a girl, who does this crazy thing to get in the mind of her girlfriend. But Kim Ki-duk always pulls it off and keeps it convincing. Well, always, I might say he learned, since 'Address Unknown' (2001) wasn't his best effort.

Unfortunately, it has been a while since I saw this movie. But I'm planning on seeing it again soon. As I said, his movies impress on many levels, which makes it worth rewatching. Shannon is mostly not into serious Asian cinema, but I think even she quite enjoyed this Korean drama.