Lies

Lies (2000)

거짓말

Tell me… lies.

A Korean high school student and a married sculptor embark on a sexual odyssey soaked in sadomasochism and love.

Date of release
2000-01-08
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Jang Sun-woo

Casting

Interesting facts

Lies is a South Korean erotic drama film adapted from the banned novel Tell me a Lie by Jang Jung-il, which depicts a sadomasochistic sexual relationship between a 38-year-old sculptor and an 18-year-old highschool student. The film was shot in a semi-cinéma vérité style and features interviews with the author and cast spliced in between scenes. Intended to provoke, the film contains full-frontal nudity, unsimulated sex, coprophilia, and criticisms of South Korean society. It was heavily censored upon its initial release in South Korea, but international releases were left uncut.

Production

Though the onscreen sex stops just this side of hard-core, it's fairly evident that intercourse, among other things, is actually taking place in some scenes. Production notes assert that Lee fell in love with his co-star during filming but that this was not reciprocated.

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