Hiding the kidnapped girl in the farmland outskirts of town, writer/director EuiJeong Hong makes a splendid feature film debut, via closely working with cinematographer Jung-hun Park to map out the land with stylish long-crane shots gliding on the brightly saturated landscape the kidnapped girl in miles away from returning to. Not given a single word of dialogue, Yoo Ah-in gives a mesmerising performance as Tae-in, whose mumbled howls,slurred grows and detailed, agitated face,are used by Ah-in to keep the menacing state of Tae-in boiling, while bringing to the surface a understated sardonic side.įinding his odd-job act with Tae-in to clean up crime scenes for criminal gangs goes off the rails when tasked to take care of a 11 year old kidnapped girl, Yoo Jae-Myung gives a blazing performance as Chang-bok, who scrambles to present a mature image,which Jae-Myung captures as coming undone the longer the kidnapping goes on for. Discovering it was about to leave the site,I quickly got set to enjoy the silence. When looking at the bundle of Korean films I had waiting to view from the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival,this was the title I somehow kept overlooking. Reviewed by morrison-dylan-fan 8 / 10 We Become Monsters Without a Sound like This.
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