The Host

Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2006o

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After scientists at a US base in Seoul have emptied expired chemicals into the drain, a mutation of a huge amphibious monster occurs. On a sunny day, the beast rises from the river and devours passers-by one by one. Gang-du flees with his daughter, but she is caught by the beast after a confrontation. Everyone thinks she is dead, until Gang-du gets a call from his daughter, who seems to be trapped in a canal system. He does everything in his power to save her.

La plus grande beauté de The Host : si le monstre est un événement, l'événement lui-même n'est rien d'autre qu'une arrivée, une venue. Venir, venir à, arriver, c'est le programme du film. Chaque plan est une invitation.

Jean-Philippe Tessé

Epopée politique d'une famille partie à la recherche d'un enfant enlevé par un monstre. Un éblouissement.

Julien Gester

On tremble plus d'une fois, on reste aussi scotché par l'imagination délirante à l'oeuvre ici.

Jacques Morice

Galleryo

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Video-Essay über Ausserirdische im Film
/ ARTE
de / 7/30/2019 / 18‘46‘‘

Video Review
/ BFI
en / 6/1/2017 / 02‘25‘‘

Bong Joon-ho on Korean Society & Cinema
/ Tiff Originals
en / 4/23/2018 / 03‘00‘‘

Making of the giant fish monster
/ John Cox
en / 8/28/2015 / 04‘56‘‘

Movie Datao

Original title
Gwoemul
Genre
Action, Science fiction, Drama, Horror
Running time
120 Min.
Original language
Korean
Ratings
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ØYour rating7.3/10
IMDB user:
7.1 (135277)
cinefile-user:
< 10 votes
Critics:
8.0 (4) q

Cast & Crewo

Song Kang-hoPark Gang-du
Park Hae-IlPark Nam-il
Bae Doona Park Nam-joo
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Video Review
BFI, en , 02‘25‘‘
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Bong Joon-ho on Korean Society & Cinema
Tiff Originals, en , 03‘00‘‘
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Making of the giant fish monster
John Cox, en , 04‘56‘‘
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Review rogerebert.com
Jim Emerson
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Review The New Yorker
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Interview with Bong Joon-ho
cineaste.com / Kevin B. Lee
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Review Die Welt
Sascha Westphal
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Review kino-zeit.de
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Review CinéDweller.com
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