''Black Stone'' () is a 2015 South Korean—French film about a young South Korean army recruit who deserts the military after facing sexual abuse.
It stars the South Korean actor
Won Tae-hee
Won Tae-hee (born 13 December 1978) is a South Korean actor and film director. Won is also known as the Ha Jung-woo of independent films.
Career
Won has been sporadically active in film and television for a decade since his debut in ''Sword i ...
, who is shown in brief full-frontal nudity.
Plot
''Black Stone'' tells the story of a deserting army recruit who returns to his parents' home in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
, where they worked in a food processing factory, to find they have disappeared. Intent on discovering where they have gone, he enters the jungle where his father was born, and finds it to be contaminated.
[ The film is the last part of a trilogy about environmental pollution, inspired by the French film director ]Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director.
Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...
and the Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...
.
See also
* List of South Korean films of 2015
This is a list of South Korean films that received a domestic theatrical release in 2015.
Box office
The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2015, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Released
References
Exte ...
* Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 4087996
2010s psychological drama films
Films set in Seoul
Films set in South Korea
Films shot in Seoul
Gay-related films
2015 LGBT-related films
South Korean psychological drama films
2010s Korean-language films
South Korean LGBT-related films
2010s South Korean films