Haemoo

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Movie
Original title Haemoo ( 해무 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2014
length 110 minutes
Rod
Director Shim Sung-bo
script Shim Sung-bo ,
Bong Joon-ho
production Bong Joon-ho
music Jeong Jae-il
camera Hong Kyung-pyo
cut Kim Sang-bum,
Kim Jae-beom
occupation

Haemoo (dt. Seenebel ), also known under the international title Sea Fog , is a South Korean thriller from 2014. It is the directorial debut of Shim Sung-bo . The script was written by Shim and Bong Joon-ho . Both previously wrote the script for Memories of Murder (2003). The film is based on real events.

The film was South Korea's entry for the 2015 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category .

action

The film is set in the coastal city of Yeosu in 1998 , when the effects of the Asian crisis can still be felt. The Jeonjin's crew are working hard, but they can barely support themselves and their families. Captain Kang Cheol-joo would therefore like to start smuggling. An old colleague explains to him that today it is no longer counterfeit watches that are smuggled, but people, namely ethnic Koreans from China. The crew agrees to take the risk.

The Jeonjin arrives at the handover location at night in pouring rain. Since the crew is inexperienced with people smuggling, things are hectic. The Korean Chinese jump onto the Jeonjin from the boat that was collecting them. Some injure themselves. A woman even falls into the water. Dong-sik jumps after her and can save her and bring her on board. After that, the crew members distribute ramyeon to the newly arrived people. Nobody is supposed to go into the engine room, but Dong-sik first takes the fallen woman, who introduces herself as Hong-mae, there, because it is warmer there and she is very wet. But she quickly returns to the others. When a boat passes by, everyone should hide in the empty fish room. But the boat continues to pass them and everyone can get out when the danger is over. Everyone wants to get back upstairs quickly because it smells terrible down there. Dong-sik takes Hong-mae and brings her back to the engine room. In doing so, she touches something that leads to a small explosion, which nobody else notices and doesn't seem like a big deal. There is one of the smuggled people outside who says they won't go down there and they either want to go to the cabins or the engine room. The captain has him thrown into the sea to make it clear who is in charge.

When it gets light, a member of the coast guard visits the ship. You are in international waters for no reason. The people should return to the fish room for the examination. The Coast Guard man is from Yeosu and knows the crew well. He thinks they are up to something and wants to investigate everything carefully because he is being watched. But the captain can get rid of him with bribes. When they open the fish room again, it's quiet. Everyone is dead. There is a smell of gas downstairs. Wan-ho can find out that freon gas leaked and that a cooling pipe exploded. The captain asks his crew to cut up the dead and throw them into the sea. This would prevent them from being found again and eaten by marine animals. Hong-mae is meanwhile in the engine room, but realizes everything. The sex addict Chang-woo notices that one of the women is missing. But Dong-sik distracts him. He goes to Hong-mae, who is horrified, and thinks he wants to kill her too. He puts his hand over her mouth so she can keep quiet.

Wan-ho is no longer sane after this and wants to tell the family members of the deceased what happened. To do this, he takes documents that are to be burned out of the bucket of fire. The captain realizes that he can no longer trust Wan-ho, kills him, and throws him overboard. Hong-mae and Dong-sik watch everything. The rest of the crew are beginning to look for Wan-ho. Chang-wook already sees himself as the new chief engineer and is often in the engine room. He can find Hong-mae there. He informs everyone on board. The captain gives boatswain Ho-young the task of killing them and throwing them into the sea. But Chang-wook runs after him because he still wants to sleep with Hong-mae. Dong-sik can also break free, finds Ho-young and accidentally kills him. In the captain's room he tries to call for help. But the other three find him and throw him into the fish room. Hong-mae is also hiding there. Since Chang-wook can't find her on the deck, he goes to the fish room again. Dong-sik fights with him. Meanwhile, Kyung-gu arrives too. But Dong-sik and Hong-mae can kill him and flee.

The boat hits something and suddenly there are holes everywhere and it starts to sink. Hong-mae and Dong-sik leave the ship while the captain tries to save it. But he goes down with the ship. Dong-sik and Hong-mae are able to save themselves on land with a rescue bunk. Hong-mae thanks Dong-sik. When he wakes up, she is no longer there. Six years later, Dong-sik works for a construction company in Seoul. When he goes out to eat after work, he happens to see her from behind in a restaurant.

reception

Haemoo was released in South Korean cinemas on August 13, 2014 and reached over 1.4 million viewers. The film was not approved for young people in South Korea.

Haemoo received mostly positive reviews. According to Maggie Lee, Shim adapted the terrible story with a somber, unbiased tone. He does not deviate from realism and portrays the protagonists as simple workers who struggle under the circumstances and who are subconsciously becoming more and more selfish. Hong's camera work offers a crisp and beautiful composition, the light by Kim Chang-ho creates an oppressive atmosphere and Jeong Jae-il's soundtrack is melancholy.

Awards

Hawaii International Film Festival 2014

  • Golden orchid

Daejong Film Award 2014

  • Award for Best New Actor for Park Yoochun

Busan Film Critics Awards 2014

  • Award in the Best New Director category for Shim Sung-bo
  • Award for Best New Actor for Park Yoochun

Blue Dragon Awards 2014

  • Award for Best New Actor for Park Yoochun
  • Award in the category best scene design for Lee Ha-jun

Baeksang Arts Awards 2015

  • Award for Best New Actor for Park Yoochun

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Haemoo (2014). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed on June 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Maggie Lee: Toronto Film Review: 'Haemoo'. In: Variety . September 10, 2014, accessed October 6, 2019 .