The movie is divided into three parts, growing more sultry, twisted and XXX as the story unfolds.
And what a story it is.
Part one acquaints us with the protagonists and the plot, set in 1930s Korea during the Japanese occupation.
What follows is a multi-layered story, getting more perverse by the minute.
Everything is a matter of appearance.
The two young women are naturally drawn to one another.
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They both exude a presence despite their opposing circumstances.
And the innocent-looking Hideko eventually experiences what she reads with Sookee.
Torture is also omnipresent - Part Three is particularly graphic, the antithesis of the sultry scenes.
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I won’t say more.
Each part contains several flashbacks.
He could have easily left 30 minutes of film on the cutting floor.
Nevertheless, he manages to surprise us in almost every scene, every frame.
It carries Park Chan-wook’s aesthetic, saturated colors drenched in noir.
