Oasis (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Oasis |
| Original title | 오아시스 |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 132 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lee Chang-dong |
| script | Lee Chang-dong |
| production |
Cho Min-cheul Jay Jeon Myeong Gye-nam |
| music | Lee Jae-jin |
| camera | Choi Yeong-taek |
| cut | Kim Hyun |
| occupation | |
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Oasis ( Hangeul : 오아시스 ) is a South Korean feature film from 2002 . Directed by Lee Chang-dong , who also wrote the script.
action
Jong-du, a newly released convict who drove a man to death under the influence of alcohol and spent two and a half years in prison, is very dumb. He falls in love with the polio and barely communicative Gong-ju, the exploited and neglected daughter of the victim.
The film not only depicts the relationship between the two of them, but also how their love is treated by those around them.
reception
The film was released in South Korean cinemas on August 9, 2002. It was then shown at numerous festivals around the world, including on September 9, 2002 in the competition at the Venice International Film Festival .
Most of the critics received Oasis positively. The American critic Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 27, 2004: "A courageous film in that it shows two people who consider any relationship to be impossible, but who still find a way to make theirs work." ARTE described the film as a “fairytale-like, realistic drama” and said: “Lee Chang-dong tells an unusual, dreamlike and at the same time very realistic love story, which not only reminds of an Asian version of Leos Carax's LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF because of its intensity . "
Awards
The film received the FIPRESCI Prize , the SIGNIS Prize, the Prize for a Special Achievement and Moon So-ri the Marcello Mastroianni Prize at the Venice International Film Festival in 2002 , where it was nominated for the Golden Lion . Lee Chang-dong won the Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2002, the Jury Prize as a special mention at the Bergen International Film Festival , the Three Castles at the Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema , and the Gardanne Film Festival the Audience Award and the two Actor Awards at the Seattle International Film Festival .
In the Baek Sang Art Awards 2003, the film won in the category Best Director . At the Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Oasis was nominated for Best Foreign Film , but had to admit defeat to Alejandro Amenábar's The Sea in Me .
Web links
- Oasis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oasis in the Korean Movie Database (English)
- Oasis at rotten tomatoes (English)
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- ↑ Chicago Sun-Times
- ↑ Arte ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
