Dissolve (2019 film)

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Dissolve
Film poster
Korean
Directed byKi-duk Kim
Written byKi-duk Kim
StarringDinara Zhumagaliyeva
Sanjar Madi
Aruzhan Moldagaliyeva
Release date
  • September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19) (Almaty)
Running time
80 minutes[1]
CountriesSouth Korea
Kazakhstan
LanguageRussian

Dissolve[1][2] (Korean, Russian: Растворяться) is a 2019 feature-length drama film by the South Korean art-house director Kim Ki-Duk. It was shot in Kazakhstan with local actors[3] and premiered at the Cannes Film Market under the temporary title 3000.[4]

It was screened at the Almaty Film Festival in Kazakhstan on 19 September 2019,[5][6] where it was compared to Kim's earlier film Samaritan Girl.[7]

This was Kim's final film before his death the following year.

Plot[edit]

In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her.[7][8]

Cast[edit]

  • Dinara Zhumagaliyeva as Din
  • Sanjar Madi as Nurlan

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Official Selection Film-12 - Almaty Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  2. ^ "Dissolve (2019) – MUBI".
  3. ^ "김기덕 감독 신작 '딘' 칸 바이어들에게만 공개" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Scandal-ridden director Kim Ki-duk's newest film screened at Cannes". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Screening Schedule - Almaty Film Festival".
  6. ^ "The Almaty Film Festival is ready to kick off".
  7. ^ a b "Ким Ки Дук снял фильм в Казахстане. О чём он, и почему из него вырезали сцены секса?" (in Russian).
  8. ^ "Dissolve". Berlinale Talents.

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