Ki-duk Kim, the director of this film, continues to surprise. We have enjoyed immensely most of what Mr. Kim has offered us. Mr. Kim, like some of his contemporaries in Asian film has a different aesthetic value, which comes across in most of his poetic films in which reality and dreams seem to blend well together.
In the case of this surprisingly complex tale about a young man who goes into other people's homes, not to steal, but to live in them as though he really lived there, Mr. Kim has created a tale of an ideal world in which this young man loves to feel as though he belongs. Little prepares the intruder for the adventure he is about to embark when he enters a home in which, unknown to him, an abused woman becomes mesmerized by the boldness in which this youth breaks in. She follows his every move until she realizes he is a good person. Their fateful encounter will take them into uncharted territory which will unite them in more ways than they knew.
"Bin-jip" offers the viewer a fantastic look at the work of a gifted director who seems to get better with every new film. Mr. Kim's world is a mysterious one, one worth exploring as an adventure.
In the case of this surprisingly complex tale about a young man who goes into other people's homes, not to steal, but to live in them as though he really lived there, Mr. Kim has created a tale of an ideal world in which this young man loves to feel as though he belongs. Little prepares the intruder for the adventure he is about to embark when he enters a home in which, unknown to him, an abused woman becomes mesmerized by the boldness in which this youth breaks in. She follows his every move until she realizes he is a good person. Their fateful encounter will take them into uncharted territory which will unite them in more ways than they knew.
"Bin-jip" offers the viewer a fantastic look at the work of a gifted director who seems to get better with every new film. Mr. Kim's world is a mysterious one, one worth exploring as an adventure.