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Vegetarian

2010 · 100 min Drama Romance Horror
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. During a family lunch, Yeong-hye tries to kill herself due to her father's abrupt violence. Observing all the happenings, Yeong-hye's brother-in-law, Min-ho, a videoartist, hears from his wife that Yeong-hye has a Mongolian spot on her hips. Min-ho gets inspiration from this and starts to sketch.

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Original Title 채식주의자
Year 2010
Country South Korea
Genre Drama, Romance, Horror
Director Lim Woo-seong
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (11 votes)

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The film constructs a tense psychological drama, relying on a minimalist visual aesthetic and a muted color palette. It explores the fragility of the mind, suppressed familial violence, and artistic obsession, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare.

What lingers after viewing is a deeply unsettling, almost hypnotic portrait of a world where personal freedom turns into self-destruction, and creative impulse borders on exploitation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lim Woo-seong

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