Time (2006 film)

Time
Time film poster
Korean name
Hangul
시간
Hanja
時間
Revised RomanizationSigan
McCune–ReischauerSigan
Directed byKim Ki-duk
Written byKim Ki-duk
StarringHa Jung-woo
Sung Hyun-ah
Distributed bySponge
Happinet
Release date
  • June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesJapan
South Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget$1 million[citation needed]
Box office$185,299[1][2]

Time is the thirteenth feature film by South Korean director Kim Ki-duk. It premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on June 30, 2006.

Plot

Seh-hee and Ji-woo (Ha Jung-woo) are a young couple two years into their relationship. Though he never acts on his impulses, Ji-woo has something of a roving eye and Seh-hee is intensely jealous and fearful that Ji-woo will soon lose interest and leave her. Believing that Ji-woo is bored with seeing the same, boring her all the time, Seh-hee takes drastic action, leaving him without warning and having drastic cosmetic surgery, taking on a new face, which she hopes to use to snare him again, under an assumed identity, once she has healed. But when Ji-woo shows interest in this new and "improved" Seh-hee (Sung Hyun-ah), it triggers only more self-doubt and loathing.[3] After all, he may love the "new" girl, but does this mean that he has rejected the old? Seh-hee is utterly trapped in her own insecurities, a situation that prompts Ji-woo to take drastic action of his own.

Production

Filming locations include Baemikkumi Sculpture Park in South Korea.[4][5]

Reception

Of 34 critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes, 76% positively reviewed Time, with the critics' consensus being: "A tale of love and plastic surgery, Kim Ki-Duk's haunting film is both wryly comic and disturbing."[6] The film holds a 73/100 on Metacritic.[7]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2006 Chicago International Film Festival International Film Competition Time Won
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival Best Film Nominated
Best Make-Up Jin Jang Won
2nd Pyeongtaek Film Festival New Currents Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
2007 27th Oporto International Film Festival Best Actor Won

References

  1. ^ "Time (2006)". KoBiz - Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Shi gan (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ Joo, Jung-wan (29 August 2006). "On celluloid, plastic is murder". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Biking Korea's "Three Brother Islands"- Shindo, Sido and Modo". seoulmateskorea.com. seoulmateskorea. September 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Modo Island, a sexy island of sculptures". smart.incheon.go.kr. Inchenews. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Shi gan (Time) (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "Time Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 6, 2016.