Crocodile

Local title
Krokodill
Original title
Ageo
Director
Kim Ki-duk
Year
1996

Kim Ki-duk's first full-length feature film "Crocodile" is a story where Ki-duk attempts to reverse the metaphor of Korea's new capitalist prosperity represented through the Han River by revealing an 'abnormal' world behind all the positive development and order.The film follows a man nicknamed Crocodile, a grumpy outcast who survives under a bridge with a boy and his grandfather. Each of them obtains money and food in his own way: Crocodile is a great diver, so he collects the purses of the suicides that throw themselves from the bridge into the river; the boy sells chewing gum and the grandfather has a natural talent for mechanics. Their lives will change on the day when Crocodile saves the life of a young woman attempting suicide, whom he rapes shortly after.

Director
Kim Ki-duk
Screenwriter
Kim Ki-duk, Seo Jeong-min
Producer
Seung-jae Lee
Cast
Lee Ji-eun, Lee Hye-eun, Ahn Jae-mo
Director of Photography
Seo Jeong-min
Editing
Ko Im-pyo
Composer
Lee Moon-hui
Runtime
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Director
Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk As a young man, Kim Ki-duk worked at a factory, was a sailor, and spent five years in the army. A characteristic feature of his films is the blending of extreme violence and romance. In the first decade of the 21st century, Kim Ki-duk became the most highly valued South Koren filmmaker whose works were appreciated at festivals by both the audiences and the critics. His masterpiece “3-Iron” won four prizes in Venice in 2004 and was selected the Best Film of 2005 by FIPRESCI. Both “3-Iron” and “The Bow” (screened in 2005) earned the Audience Award at PÖFF. His 2012 film „Pietà” won the Golden Lion for Best Film in Venice and was also screened at PÖFF. In total, Ki-duk directed and wrote about 30 full-length films. The director died in Riga in 2020.

Filmography
Valik/Selected: Seom (2000, Saar PÖFF 2001), Na bbun nam ja (Bad Guy, 2001), Soochwieen bodmyung (2001, Aadress teadmata PÖFF 2002), Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Kevad, suvi, sügis, talv ... ja kevad, 2003), Samaria (Samaaria tüdruk, PÖFF 2004), Bin jip (Tühi maja, PÖFF 2004), Hwal (Vibu, PÖFF 2005), Shi gan (Aeg, PÖFF 2006), Soom (Breath, 2007), Bi-mong (Dream, 2008), Arirang (PÖFF 2011, doc), Amen (2011, doc), Pietà (PÖFF 2012), Moebius (Möbius, PÖFF 2013), Ildaeil 8One on One, 2014), Seu-top (Stop, 2015), Geumul (The Net, 2016), Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human, 2018)

Screenings

Screening019301 / Krokodill
SubtitlesEnglish
Intro byArtur Veeber
Screening duration
Screening029301 / Krokodill
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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