Her plan goes awry from the start when her car breaks down on the outskirts of town. The mechanic who fixes it starts to stalk her. Neighbors gossip and ostracize her as uppity and strange, and when tragedy strikes again, she’s seduced by a predatory cult of born-again Christians. But her needs and unrestrained emotions overwhelm not only socially acceptable outlets but also the complacent conventions of melodrama. With a shattering performance by Jeon Do-yeon, Lee’s film joins the ranks of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Bleu|Blue and Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves as an unforgettable depiction of rage, loss, and grief.
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