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Samaritan Girl

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A policeman (Lee Eol) confronts his teenage daughter (Gwak Ji-min) after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute.

Critics Reviews

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/24/2005
0/4
The preceding parts are so literal minded, as both puritanical and pornographic illustrations of an obnoxious male fantasy, that they strike me as alternately absurd and hypocritical. Go to Full Review
Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 05/03/2005
It's hard to say what Kim is driving at here. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 06/26/2004
2/4
An under-thought formula linking sex, youth, and violence. Go to Full Review
Keith H. Brown Eye for Film 12/07/2007
3.5/5
Jean-François Vandeuren Panorama 01/15/2006
8/10
Samaritan Girl demeure l'un des films les plus accessibles de la filmographie de Kim Ki-duk grce sa mise en scne volontairement simplifie qui fonctionne merveille. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 07/03/2005
[A]rcane and provocative film... cements [Ki-duk Kim's] reputation as one of the most astonishing artists working in cinema today... Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Rehan Jul 4 What kind of stupid ass movie is this. Two young girls being young and dumb and paid the price. I don't even want to know how the father might have felt when he found out everything... See more FRANCISCO F 11/11/2024 La película rompe el lugar común al mostrar las conexiones y vínculos humanos en un escenario impropio como el de la prostitución, sin ser una apología de la misma. Luego viene el intento de redención de su amiga, para mí un poco exagerado, sin dejar de ser llamativo e invitar a la reflexión. See more 06/19/2015 Well, at least the characters talk, something kind of rare in a movie by Kim Ki-Duk. Hard to decipher character motivations in this (for instance, why does the father continue to torture himself by following his daughter to her "outings" instead of disciplining her - or at least trying to - from doing it again?), but it does leave sort of an enigmatic impression, part of the surreality that Kim Ki-Duk's films I've seen in the past like to explore. See more 04/02/2015 The movie totally belongs to Kim-Ki-Duk.The movie is weird,strange,hypothetical but it sticks with you till the end. Its not your regular cinema so dont go in their expecting something happy. It's disturbing but its bloody brilliant. Director Kim-Ki-Duk paints a picture of aspirations of two girls which makes them take a path which is extremely graphic and sometimes violent. The end is something which would make you scratch your head because it's more about the feel and emotion. Do take sometime out of your schedule and watch this masterpiece. You may not like it, but it would change your perception about film making. See more 07/27/2014 Ki-duk Kim's works has an aura of it's country of origin and IMHO this is kim's best See more 01/02/2014 I've seen several movies by this director who is not afraid of controversy and breaking the boundaries of conventional story-telling. This movie is not an exception - it's highly symbolic with numerous biblical references and is obviously not to be taken literally. It's thought-provoking, but in all honesty, I'm having a hard time grasping the moral of the story - it almost feels like a few pieces of the puzzle are missing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A policeman (Lee Eol) confronts his teenage daughter (Gwak Ji-min) after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute.
Director
Kim Ki-duk
Screenwriter
Kim Ki-duk
Production Co
Kim Ki-Duk Film
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2013
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD