10年前鼎鼎大名的高中大哥大崔基东和消沉的模范生朴英俊去庆州教学旅行在一个明月高悬的夜晚他们经历了一场改变彼此命运的事件10年后两人偶然邂逅在庆州高中时那个高中大哥大崔基东成了一个多血质的体育教师而消沉的模范生却成了一个智能黑帮两人想起10年前那一场事件相握的手指不禁开始用力 那个女人那个令人头痛的女人她悄然而至她闵周兰一双忧郁的眼睛能够瞬间转换眼泪与微笑不象教师的教师和不象黑帮的黑帮夹在两个男人之间她最关心的其实是不懂事的弟弟闵周燮 一心相当朴英俊第二的闵周燮是崔基东学校里出了名的问题学生教师和黑帮哪一种爱情战略能够打动女人的芳心 爱情和友情之间周兰被英俊的死对头绑架祸不单行英俊的帮派面临土崩瓦解单兵作战般困在敌阵之中的英俊在爱情和友情之间彷徨的基东还有将这一切看在眼里的周兰 究竟他们和庆州的明天将会是什么样的结局
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
