2021
new cinema from asia
Beauty Water
Kyung-hun Cho
South Korea, 2020, 85', Swiss Premiere
The movie
Yaeji dreams of being the most beautiful. A wish granted thanks to a new cosmetic product that allows her to sculpt her body as she pleases. A gory Faustian fable in a cruel world. En savoir plus
A young woman discovers a miracle product that she can apply to her skin to lose weight and shape her body as she wishes. Too good to be true you say? Well, you're right! Based on a Korean webcomic, Beauty Water cuts to the heart of the race for success and the cult of beauty that plagues South Korean society. Plunged into the infernal spiral of narcissistic obsession, the protagonist leads us into a descent into hell where the ideal of beauty quickly gives way to nightmarish visions. The advantage of animation when it comes to "body horror" is that nothing can't be shown! And by golly does Cho Kyung-hun not shy away from anything.
World Sales :
M-line Distribution
writers :
Lee Han-bin
cast :
Moon Nam-sook, Jang Min-hyuk, Cho Hyun-jung, Kim Bo-young
Crew :
- Cinematographer : Moon Seong-cheol
- Editor : Cho Kyung-hun
- Music : Hong Dae-sung
