Vegetarian

"A young housewife, finds herself having strange dreams that make her disgusted by meat, leading to trouble with her meat-loving husband and attention from her artist brother in law."- IMDb

A very bizarre drama from director Lim Woo-Seong which was his debut film.

The pace of the film is very slow like a lot of underground Korean films.

The sexy Chae Min-Seo plays the confused Young-Hye; a woman who wants to puke everytime she sees meat. There is nothing wrong with being a vegetarian but young-hye has some kind of problem. She no longer eats meat, she no longer wants sex with her husband and she has lost a lot of weight. With her encounters of her brother in law Min-Ho does she depend a sexual fetish of being covered in paint. The flowers painted on her and her partner causes a sexual reaction in her. Although we never really get to see a mentally sound Young-Hye.

Min-Ho (Chae Min-Seo) is an artist who wants to do erotic art but is failing to find good models. He discovers his sister in law Young-Hye, he paints flowers all over her body. She loves it, she is willing to be filmed and is willing to do anything Min-Ho askes her too while she is painted. To the point she will even have sex on camera with another painted person. Min-Ho develops an obsession with her, he no longer wants his wife but wants her sister. Eventually he paints himself just to have sex with her. You can’t blame him because Young-Hye is very sexy despite all the mental problems she has.

 

Chae Min-Seo is very beautiful and yes she does get nude several times in this film. With her body it was probably easy for her to portray Young-Hye. She was the best part about the film, as she was the only successful part of the film. Well besides Chae Min-Seo’s performance who was alright. As a fellow artist I could relate to him. It was easy to place myself in his shoes thus I had a better time understanding his motives.

If you like art house movies then this is the movie for you.

Chae Min-Seo

Film Credits:

Lost and Found

The Loner

The Wig

Kim Hyung-Sung

Film credits:

Knock