올드보이 Old Boy [Oldeuboi] 2003

Cast Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang

South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell, with no idea of what his crime was or whom his jailers may be. With a small television as his only link to the outside world and a daily ration of fried dumplings as his only sustenance, Oh Dae-su struggles to keep his mind and body intact, but when he learns through a news report that his wife has been killed, he begins a long and difficult project of digging an escape tunnel with a pair of chopsticks. Before he can finish – and after 15 years behind bars – Oh Dae-su is released, with as little explanation as when he was locked up, and he's soon given a wad of money and a cellular phone by a bum on the street. Emotionally stunted but physically strong after 15 years in jail, Oh Dae-su struggles to unravel the secret of who is responsible for locking him up, what happened to his wife and daughter, and how to best get revenge against his captors. Oldeuboi was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and won the coveted Grand Prix.

A la fin des années 80, Oh Dae-Soo, père de famille sans histoire, est enlevé un jour devant chez lui. Séquestré pendant plusieurs années dans une cellule privée, son seul lien avec l'extérieur est une télévision. Par le biais de cette télévision, il apprend le meurtre de sa femme, meurtre dont il est le principal suspect. Au désespoir d'être séquestré sans raison apparente succède alors chez le héros une rage intérieure vengeresse qui lui permet de survivre. Il est relâché 15 ans plus tard, toujours sans explication. Oh Dae-Soo est alors contacté par celui qui semble être le responsable de ses malheurs, qui lui propose de découvrir qui l'a enlevé et pourquoi. Le cauchemar continue pour le héros.