The Isle (2000) on Netflix
Hee-jin runs a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness, ferrying customers to floating cottages and selling supplies. When Hyun-shik, a man running from the law, arrives, a bond starts to form.
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Plot summary
At a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness, a mute woman named Hee-jin keeps the small floating cottages running: she ferries customers back and forth, controls the only boat, sells them supplies, arranges prostitutes from a nearby dabang, and sometimes acts as one herself. Hyun-shik, a man running from the law, arrives and is ferried to a float. Their business dealings are unremarkable at first, but Hee-jin grows curious about his troubled past. When he makes advances on a visit, she resists and calls in a prostitute for him, and he would rather have her company than her trade. A relationship forms between Hyun-shik and the prostitute, and Hee-jin keeps looking after him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Isle (2000)
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- The Isle was one of the first Korean films presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, after Im Kwon-taek's Surrogate Woman and Jang Sun-woo's Lies.
