Korean version
The title of the film Plastic Tree is taken from a song by the rock group Radiohead, though the connection between the two eludes this writer. A bizarre combination of drama and horror, the film is one of the strangest to get a general theatrical release this year.
The story revolves around a love triangle between Su (Kim In-gweon), a painfully shy barber living on the shores of Pusan; Won-yong (Jo Eun-suk), his listless live-in girlfriend who works for a delivery service; and Byong-ho (Kim Jung-hyun), Su¡?s psychotic childhood friend who makes a long and unwelcome visit.
The love triangle that develops among the three friends starts off slowly like a gentle melodrama, but by the end it swallows everyone whole. Some critics have likened the film¡?s unusual narrative twists to avant-garde French cinema, an aesthetic comparison that would be putting the characters¡? puzzling behaviors mildly.
The relationships turn into a bad Freudian comedy, with sexual repressions and unresolved memories that would give Norman Bates a good run for his money.
A sea of emotion is set loose in "Plastic Tree"!
Su (Kim In-kwon) has ever since been a person with an introverted character, but he nevertheless managed to single-handedly open a barbershop at Pusan's seaside. What's more since he gets along with his girlfriend Won-young quite well they have been living together for quite a while. However, everything is about to change when Su's straying friend Byung-ho (Kim Jung-hyun) comes for a visit...
Won-young who has a simple attitude towards emotions is attracted to the more outgoing Byung-ho who also starts to develop feelings for her. Su tries to block their progressing relationship as he fears that he might lose his girlfriend. But the harder Su tries, the more Won-young despises him longing for the embrace of Byung-ho...
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