Terror
A woman in red sweater visits the thirty-year-old housewife, Mi Heun. She calls Mi Heun's husband darling. With that single word, Mi Heun's' loses the meaning of her life. It was a dreadful te... More
CJ Entertainment America Presents "Helpless" 2012/04/10, Source,
Dark Horse Korean Hit at the Gate in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 9, 2012) – CJ Entertainment America is launching the moody Korean thriller "Helpless" on April 20, 2012 as an exclusive engagement for Los Angeles at the CGV Cinemas, with national dates expected for early May. The film was a critical darling and unexpected box office champion for two consecutive weeks when it was released in Korea earlier this year.
- Russell Edwards, Variety
"...The film never ceases to compel. As the layers of deceit are peeled back, Byeon seems in complete command of her material. A key demonstration of her narrative dexterity is the way she flaunts an audacious 'Chinatown'-like clue to the missing woman's whereabouts without pre-empting the climax",...More
Terror
A woman in red sweater visits the thirty-year-old housewife, Mi Heun. She calls Mi Heun's husband darling. With that single word, Mi Heun's' loses the meaning of her life. It was a dreadful terror on a Christmas afternoon.
Escape
Mi Heun and her family lead their life as there had been nothing wrong in Butterfly village. However, Mi Heun suffers from sharp headache from unknown reason after that night.
In Gyu
In Gyu, the doctor loves fishing at nearby lake and meets a woman and sleeps with her like fishing. About the time he has gotten accustomed to the lazy rural life, he meets her, Mi Heun.
Game
"Don't you wanna play a game with me?"
In Gyu speaks to Mi Heun who is sitting with a blank look. Mi Heun runs away from him but she can't stop thinking about him.
Checking
"Am I good?"
In Gyu answers to her question with all his effort. At the verge of her life that she thought her life has collapsed, she is in the trap of having-sex-but-not-falling-in-love game. She gets indulged in this game without knowing it.
The vacant place
"I though everything would be OK..".
Mi Heun's husband wanted to make a pond in their garden from long time ago. It was his hope to live happily ever after raising fish in the pond. However, there is no wife, Mi Heun but the pond alone. His wife walks out from the path that leads to the hotel. He doesn't want to admit the prevalent gossip about her wife but...
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