Oasis
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 132 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2002 Language: Korean
Starring: Ahn Nae-sang, Moon So-ri, Ryoo Seung-wan, Son Byung-ho, Sul Kyung-gu
Jong-du is fresh out of prison for a hit-and-run, unwanted by his family and adrift in the world. On a whim, he visits the family of his victim — and finds Gong-ju, a woman with severe cerebral palsy, left alone in a near-empty apartment. Something pulls him back to her, though his intentions are far from pure. Yet after he leaves, it is Gong-ju who reaches for the phone and dials his number. — Matt Choi
“A tough, compassionate film that demands we look at what we’d rather ignore.” — A. O. Scott, The New York Times
“Extraordinary… a love story unlike any other.” — Derek Elley, Variety