The Arc

the Arc ( Hwal ) is a film South-Korean carried out by Kim Ki-duk, left in 2005.

Synopsis

An old man lives with an young girl that it retains far from the world, on a boat on the open sea. He hopes to marry it when it is 17 years old. The fishermen, of passage over the boat, do not fail to notice charming it young girl, always savagely supervised by its guard. But the dreams of marriage of this last turn to obsession when wakes up at a its promised interest for an young man of the city.

Data sheet

  • Title: the Arc
  • original Title: Hwal (활)
  • English Title: The Bow
  • Realization: Kim Ki-duk
  • Scenario: Kim Ki-duk
  • Production: Kim Ki-duk, Kang Yong-gyu and Michiko Suzuki
  • Budget: 950.000 dollars
  • Music: Kang Eun it
  • Photography: Jang Seong-back
  • Assembly: Kim Ki-duk
  • Decorations: Chung Ground-art
  • Country of origin: South Korea
  • Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35 mm
  • Kind: Drama
  • Lasted: 90 minutes
  • Comings out date: May 12th 2005 (Cannes festival, South Korea), December 14th 2005 (France)

Distribution

  • Jeon Seong-hwang : the old man
  • Han Yeo-reum: the young girl
  • Seo Ji-seok: the student
  • Jeon Gook-hwan: the father of the student

Around film

External bonds

  • Critical Sancho does Asia
  • Critical Cinemasie

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