Time (2006 film)

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Time
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Time film poster
Korean name
Hangul
시간
Hanja
時間
Revised Romanization Sigan
McCune–Reischauer Sigan
Directed by Kim Ki-duk
Written by Kim Ki-duk
Starring Ha Jung-woo
Sung Hyun-ah
Distributed bySponge
Happinet
Release date
  • June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesJapan
South Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget$1 million[ citation needed ]
Box office$185,299 [1] [2]

Time is the thirteenth feature film by South Korean director Kim Ki-duk. It premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on June 30, 2006.

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Plot

Seh-hee and Ji-woo (Ha Jung-woo) are a young couple two years into their relationship. Though he never acts on his impulses, Ji-woo has something of a roving eye and Seh-hee is intensely jealous and fearful that Ji-woo will soon lose interest and leave her. Believing that Ji-woo is bored with seeing the same, boring her all the time, Seh-hee takes drastic action, leaving him without warning and having drastic cosmetic surgery, taking on a new face, which she hopes to use to snare him again, under an assumed identity, once she has healed. But when Ji-woo shows interest in this new and "improved" Seh-hee (Sung Hyun-ah), it triggers only more self-doubt and loathing. [3] After all, he may love the "new" girl, but does this mean that he has rejected the old? Seh-hee is utterly trapped in her own insecurities, a situation that prompts Ji-woo to take drastic action of his own.

Production

Filming locations include Baemikkumi Sculpture Park in South Korea. [4] [5]

Reception

Of 34 critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes, 76% positively reviewed Time, with the critics' consensus being: "A tale of love and plastic surgery, Kim Ki-Duk's haunting film is both wryly comic and disturbing." [6] The film holds a 73/100 on Metacritic. [7]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResult
2006 Chicago International Film Festival International Film CompetitionTimeWon
Sitges - Catalonian International Film FestivalBest FilmNominated
Best Make-UpJin JangWon
2nd Pyeongtaek Film FestivalNew Currents Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
200727th Oporto International Film Festival Best ActorWon

References

  1. ↑ "Time (2006)". KoBiz - Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Shi gan (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers . Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Joo, Jung-wan (29 August 2006). "On celluloid, plastic is murder". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Biking Korea's "Three Brother Islands"- Shindo, Sido and Modo". seoulmateskorea.com. seoulmateskorea. September 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Modo Island, a sexy island of sculptures". smart.incheon.go.kr. Inchenews. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Shi gan (Time) (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Time Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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