Oasis
오아시스
2002South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Lee Chang-dong★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingquietly devastatingbleakhopeful
Pacing
slow burnmethodical
Story
unravelingreunionjourney
Emotion
guiltall-consuming lovebelonginglongingredemptionfiguring out who you are
Themes
class and moneyfamily dutycorrupt institutionsfamily wounds passed downpoverty
Feel
emotionally wreckingquietly hauntingdiscussion startercerebralgut punch
Violence
mild