Fresh
Although his first film is only a partial success, Yang Ik-june is a filmmaker worth watching for.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Breathless
The world is like shit and blood hurt so bad. but here is the man who touches your heart.
2009 · 2h 10m · NOT RATED
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Yang Ik-june
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Breathless
Overview
Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Breathless pummels viewers with nearly the same ferocity and frequency with which the characters assault each other.
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Fresh
Amid the violent outbursts are moments of warmth and tenderness, some featuring the protagonist's young nephew, the best hope for breaking the generational cycles of domestic tragedy.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Blending a thoughtful cycle-of-violence subplot with a piercing study of how even the most hateful and isolated people inevitably affect those around them, 'Breathless' is a challenging, dynamic experience.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
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