Oasis (2002 film)
- Sol Kyung -gu as Jong -du
- Moon So -ri as Gong -ju
- Ahn Nae -sang as Jong- il
Oasis ( Hangul: 오아시스 ). 's A South Korean film from 2002 directed by Lee Chang -dong, who also wrote the screenplay.
Action
Jong -du, a newly released convict, a man of totfuhr under the influence of alcohol and has it spent three years in prison, is strongly dense. He falls in love, who suffers from polio and hardly capable of communication Gong -ju, the exploited and neglected daughter of the slain.
The film depicts not only the relationship between the two, but also how her love of her environment is treated.
Reception
The film came in the South Korean cinemas on 9 August 2002. He was then shown at numerous festivals worldwide, including on 9 September 2002 in competition at the International Film Festival of Venice.
The majority of the critics took Oasis to positive. The U.S. critic Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on August 27, 2004: " A courageous film is that it shows two people who consider that any relationship impossible, but find a way that their works." ARTE described the film as " a fairy tale - realistic drama" and said: " Lee Chang -dong tells an unusual, dreamlike and yet at the same time very realistic love story that recalls not only because of its intensity at an Asian version of Leos Carax LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF. "
Awards
The film received at the International Film Festival in Venice in 2002, where he was nominated for the Golden Lion, the FIPRESCI Prize, the SIGNIS price, the price for a particular directing skills and Moon So -ri the Marcello Mastroianni Award. On the Vancouver International Film Festival 2002 Lee Chang-dong won the Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award at the Bergen International Film Festival, the Jury Prize as special mention at the International Festival of Young Cinema Castellinaria the Three Castles, on the Gardanne Film Festival the Audience Award and the Seattle International film Festival, the two performers prices.
When the Baek Sang Art Awards 2003, the film won in the category of Best Director. At the Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Oasis was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but was beaten in Alejandro Amenábar's The Sea me.