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Lies

 

aka: Gojitmal
South Korea 1999, 85 minutes
Dir. Jang Sun-Woo
In Korean with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Sex

Topics: Fetish.

 

Aroview: Highly controversial in its native Korea (the source novel was banned) this tale of S&M sex-addiction between a schoolgirl and an older sculptor is inescapably extreme but also curiously witty.

Consisting largely of escalating scenes of flagellation, the real focus is the psychological tension in such a relationship, especially over the ‘lies’ and self-deceptions implicit in such apparently mutual programs for pleasure. However, with such endlessly hardcore content, the dir.’s intentions finally seem crudely provocative more than anything – a badboy overreaction to his country’s social conservatism perhaps?

NZ International Film Festival 2001

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