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Three men, who look like winners in life, are in fact struggling with their own sufferings that they desperately strive to keep undisclosed - schizophrenia, sex addiction and infidelity. For these three childhood friends, the harder they try to get out of their agony, the more complicated and puzzled it gets. Edit Translation

  • English
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  • magyar / magyar nyelv
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  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Nov 5, 2009
  • Duration: 2 hr. 25 min.
  • Score: 6.7 (scored by 405 users)
  • Ranked: #9676
  • Popularity: #6957
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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Zhaoul
18 people found this review helpful
Apr 21, 2014
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
I'll start by saying this movie is not for everyone. It has a lot of sexual content, some very violent scenes and can be quite disturbing. The story is very interesting.

What's so great about this movie is you feel like you are watching it through the eyes of Hyun Woo, the schizophrenic. Hyun Woo is searching for inner peace, but he has a beautiful heart. Because of this, your not sure if what you're seeing is really happening or not. There is definitely a message in this movie, but you may need to watch it a few times to fully understand what it's about. Also, there may be many different interpretations of the meaning, and I think they are all valid. I missed a lot the first time I watched this, and appreciated more when I re-watched it. The acting is outstanding. I applaud Jang Hyuk with a standing ovation.

I hesitate recommending this movie because it's so disturbing in parts, I really feel some people with very much dislike it. Because it's confusing and somewhat open ended, some people may not feel satisfied. It really depends on what kind of tolerance you have for oddities.

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purplenette
13 people found this review helpful
Jul 12, 2012
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
First of all, I don’t know how I end up watching movies that have a sexually explicit scenes in them. This is twice now.
This is NOT a family movie. This movie was recommended to me and I watched it without even knowing what it was about. I love elephants so the name immediately caught my attention. Anyway, the story is unusual and by the end I wasn’t sure what I had just watched. It is a twisted, artsy movie.
Honestly, I love twisted movies and this was just up my alley, but I’m not sure just anyone would like it. View at your own risk.
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  • Movie: Searching for the Elephant
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Nov 5, 2009
  • Duration: 2 hr. 25 min.
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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  • Score: 6.7 (scored by 405 users)
  • Ranked: #9676
  • Popularity: #6957
  • Watchers: 1,303

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