A young man has a habit of breaking into other people's home while they're away on vacations, business trips and things like that. He eats their food, watches their TV, wears their clothes, washes their laundry as a thank you. All that jazz. But one day he miscalculates and comes across a young woman, who has been abandoned to their home by an abusive husband. A silent romance ignites between them and when he flees for the next home, she follows.The director Kim Ki-duk's strong touch can be felt throughout the film. It was a bold move to make this almost a silent film. The main character never speaks and even the main female character only say a few words. But it's still a sweet, if unconventional love story. Even perhaps even sweeter because of the silence. They have to learn to trust one another through gestures and actions, and we have to learn to love them through that as well.If I had to nitpick, I'd say that the final third is not quite as strong as the rest of the film. It's still good, but something about it doesn't jive quite as well. Perhaps because it's the part where she finally speaks and I was kind of hoping that they'd both remain silent to the end.Nevertheless, it's a fascinating, well-made film with an interesting premise and a really good executions. Definitely one of my favourites from Ki-duk.

I basically prefer mystery movies to watch in free times, and reviewing a romantic movie is generally not my business, but this movie is just so amazing that I just cannot help myself to be silent or say anything bitter about it.. The unpredictability of upcoming events, style of storytelling, camera angles that will increase your interest suddenly.. at some points I thought that right now I am watching some quality cinema stuff but not expect much for the ending because as always happen to great movies , to give a great ending is very big deal for every writer and director..that's why I am giving 8/10 score. But a good movie, I am just feeling amazed.

When I saw this subdued and stupendously sumptuous film for the first time years ago, I was inclined to start a new film project: a list of the most amazing film moments I know of. These moments are those that I remember from films, even from years afar, sometimes only single images, sometimes whole scenes. There's such a moment in this film: when Tae-suk disappears from us, the eye (camera) looks around in surprised and anxious nervousness, never finding him. Have we become immersed to what he sees? What has he become? The scene continues as we revisit the places they've broken into, the most dramatic being at the photographer's place. He and his girlfriend are in the bedroom, while she becomes aware of someone's presence, looking at us in horror and saying that it's as if there's someone there.The camera, our perspective, is ultimately a ghost of some sort, simply depending what kind of mythic terminology one wishes to employ. The point is simply that it's a silent observer that the characters aren't aware of most of the time. Kim gives an answer to perhaps the most thrilling question I know, in cinematic terms: who is the camera? and what kind of personality does it have? I'm drawn to filmmakers who are fascinated with this, and Kim makes the whole story revolve around this question, as a matter of fact having the two main characters remain silent for the greater part of the film, silently observing, acting as ghosts in other people's apartments. Tae-suk is finally metamorphosed into the eye if not completely, at least at times comprehensively.I love the idea and how it's done: the eye curious about what happens around it, in this film reflected in the characters' comings and goings. It's brilliant, woven deeply into the fabric of the thing itself, rewarding the viewer by creating a sense of awe in the process. Kim lets other characters speak, creating a wall of silence around us and our surrogates, and we know where we belong: we don't speak, we observe.This is also a beautiful poem about love and life, and death. I recently saw Haneke's "Amour" (2012) and was reminded of this film, the power it has, and how it uses that power affluently.

I watched this movie last week on World Movies and was really impressed with the simplicity and strength of the story. In Bengaluru we have a proverb "words are Silver/Pearls, Silence is Gold" this movie was just about that. Silence filled out all the words and let the natural expression come out. Some of the instances or situations were funny and would generate a natural smile. Movie had artistic touch to it and it helped in magnifying the story. Well well, actors have performed really well and my hearty congratulations to the Director and Writer of this movie. Will share this movie with my friends and family.