Synopsis
An old man who lives alone with lots of rats one day meets a young woman in a railroad and brings her to his apartment. As he is about to have a sexual relationship with this woman, he grotesquely pulls out her eyes. From this point this movie slides into a world of brutality and violence. At the same time, this world is surreal and full of nightmares that one cannot distinguish the difference between reality and dream. Despite the short runnig time, the intense images and impressions are difficult to forget. The gloomy black & white images, classical music, character? dubious behaviors without any words, camera movement which makes you hypnotized guides you to the secret mental territory. This movie explores the aged serial killer's mental world. Rats in his room look like observers as well as eye witnesses. The sexual relationship between the old man and the young woman seems equivocal and somewhat mysterious. In this movie, men are being depicted as cruel scoundrels whereas women as victims. (KIM Sung-uk)