Synopsis
A young police inspector has just started living with his beautiful girlfriend Luka. His new murder case of a young woman stirs sadistic fantasies that he had buried deep inside. Photos of the deceased woman, believed to have been killed while enjoying sadistic sexual relationships, creep up on him and eat away his ordinary life bit by bit. In his fantasy, his girlfriend turns into a dangerous woman who leads a double life. The imagery in Black Sea is consistently in blue as if to remind a blue black sea at night. The depressing blue tone reminiscent of by Jean-Pierre Melville represents Luka's mentality who suffers from dark sexual fantasies. Short dialogues and minimal scenes make viewers focus on fragmented images rather than the storyline. Despite no actual exposure takes place in the film, the strange atmosphere that surrounds it makes the movie seem extremely sexual. The director's ability to lead the entire story with the man's fantasies. Roughly stopping here and there, the camera follows Luka's journey and diligently delivers images of this movie, which by intention, consists of nothing but a subconscious world instead of familar daily events. The biggest charm of this movie is that it achieves the return to the reality with only a few lines or gestures. It can be said that Black sea presents a minimal world reminiscent of the faerie of David Lynch. It delivers both psychological tension and contemplative nuances at once even without glamourous special effects or dazzling imagery. (CHOI Eun Young)