Bedevilled

by JANG Cheol-soo

2010 Selection

SOUTH KOREA 2010 1h55 IN KOREAN

World premiere Competition Feature Film

Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in the Seoul city. She leads a busy life until she becomes a witness to an attempted murder case. At the same time, things get complicated at work and she is forced to take a vacation so she heads for ‘Moodo’, a small undeveloped island, where she had once visited to see her grandparents. And where she had befriended a girl named Bok-nam.
Upon arriving at the island, Hae-won is shocked to see everyone treating Bok-nam like a slave. As practically the only young woman on the island, she is a plaything for all the men and a free laborer for the women. She begs Hae-won to help her escape the place, but Hae-won remains indifferent not wanting to be involved in complicated situations…