Oasis(Oasiseu)
Dir: Lee Chang-dong
South Korea, 2002, Korean, 133mins, DCP
Cast: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri
Fresh out of prison, an ex-con with mild intellectual disability unexpectedly falls in love with a young woman afflicted with cerebral palsy: the daughter of the fatal victim of a hit-and-run accident he just served jail time for. Featuring fearless performances from its leads, Lee Chang-dong’s daring romance alternates between a meticulously crafted social reality and magical moments of fantasy in the manner of a fairy tale filmed as documentary. Characteristically, Lee directs a sympathetic gaze towards society’s marginalised, while his sexually frank love story does not shy away from controversy (the couple’s relationship begins inauspiciously with a failed attempt at rape).
Venice Film Festival: Silver Lion for Best Director, FIPRESCI Prize
8/12 (Fri) Speaker: Dr. Derek Lam (Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong)
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
The Tapestry of Suffering – The Cinema of Lee Chang-dong
Full House 2023-12-08 (Fri)
20:00Full House 2023-12-17 (Sun)
14:30
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
K11 Art House
Broadway Hollywood
Hong Kong Film Archive
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
Cine Moko
MOViE MOViE
The Metroplex
the sky
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
The HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Meet the audience
Post-screening discussion with the director
Post-screening talk
Assigned seating
Full House