SOUTH KOREA · 2002

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Park Chan-wook
Korean New Wave revenge and retaliation desperation and moral compromise disability and social marginalization class inequality cycles of violence
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A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

Year2002
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorPark Chan-wook
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Sympathy for Mr. VengeanceSouth Korea · 2002
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