Bi-mong (2008)

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 October 2008 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking. |

Cast

Jô Odagiri	...	Jin
Na-yeong Lee	...	Ran
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mi-hie Jang	...	Doctor
Tae-hyeon Kim	...	Ran's ex-lover
Ji-a Park	...	Jin's ex-lover

Directed by
Ki-duk Kim

Writing credits
Ki-duk Kim		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ki-duk Kim	....	producer

Original Music by
Philip Sheppard

Cinematography by
Gi-tae Kim

Film Editing by
Ki-duk Kim

Visual Effects by
Kang Chang-bae	....	digital effects artist
Kang Chang-bae	....	visual effects artist
Changbae Kang	....	visual effects

Other crew
John Kaylin	....	dubbing producer

Thanks
Mark Siegmund	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kim Ki-Duk Film
• Sponge
• Style Jam

Distributors

• CP Digital (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Films sans Frontières (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Golden Scene (2009) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Lietuvos Kinas (2009) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Showbox Entertainment (2009) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sponge (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Style Jam (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Mediatres Estudio (2009) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• HFR  dailies
• HFR  digital intermediate
• Seoul Film Commission  funding

Also Known As:

"Dream" - International (English title)
"Мечта" - Russia
"Álom" - Hungary
"Dream" - Spain
"Himu" - Japan
"Rüya" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Sen" - Poland (imdb display title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Company:

Kim Ki-Duk Film

Frankly, a bad film

A man and a woman's life becomes entangled as she does what he dreams, or in other cases,he experiences what she does while sleepwalking. Its a storyline that Kim-Duk should feel right at home with. And for the first twenty five minutes or so it looks promising. Rich atmosphere with tasteful use of music. I was just waiting for him to really start WORKING with the story and ideas at hand.

I don't think he does that. To me it looks like Kim-Duks abandons much of his graceful soul-searching in favor of fleshy melodrama. Especially the awkward shouting-scene at the field, but the whole film has something contrived about it. The main-character are very illogical in their thinking, with may indicate that the film is meant to work on a allegorical level, but I'm dubious. The cinematography too strikes me as bland, with some interesting exceptions. There are faint echoes of 3-Iron here, the film that more and more stands out as his masterpiece, but lacks most of its subtle grace.

Well, until the end that is. The breathtaking and magical scene where she "escapes" confirms that Kim-Duk still has it in him,(but I'm not wild about how it ties everythinkg together so neatly), as much as i respect him as an artist, i think Kim-Duk needs to relocate and form ranks.