Searching for the Elephant
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| Directed by | S.K. Jhung |
| Produced by | S.K. Jhung |
| Written by | S.K. Jhung |
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Jang Hyuk Lee Sang-woo Jo Dong-hyuk |
| Music by | Park Min-june (DJ Soulscape) |
| Cinematography | Oh Seung-hwan |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Distributed by | Vantage Holdings |
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142 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$915,943 |
Searching for the Elephant (Hangul: 펜트하우스 코끼리; RR: Penteuhauseu Kokkiri; lit. "Penthouse Elephant") is a 2009 South Korean psychological thriller written, directed and produced by S.K. Jhung (a.k.a. Jhung Seung-koo). It stars Jang Hyuk, Jo Dong-hyuk and Lee Sang-woo as three male friends who deal with sex addiction, anxiety and other contemporary disorders.
It was the last onscreen appearance by Jang Ja-yeon, who committed suicide before the film's release.
Freelance photographer Hyun-woo has a successful career and seems to be living an enviable life. But he's been suffering from depression since his ex-girlfriend Ma-ri left him, and begins to have trouble distinguishing between reality and delusion. One of Hyun-woo's friends, Min-seok, is an in-demand plastic surgeon who is also married to Hyun-woo's sister Soo-yeon. But Min-seok is constantly having affairs with various women and suspects that he may have sex addiction. Another longtime friend, Jin-hyuk, is a finance specialist. Jin-hyuk is secretly having an affair with Soo-yeon, Min-seok's wife, and is willing to give up everything for their love.
A suicidal, pot-smoking photographer with schizophrenic episodes, a sex addicted plastic surgeon with a bad conscience, and a secretive financier with legal trouble. These three childhood friends come together to relate common memories, future ambitions and share their deepest secrets. Searching for the Elephant is a raw, innovative film that portrays the decadent lives of the successful metropolitan in a cynical world. Materialistic dreams and mental anguishes collide as the lives of the three confused friends, and the women surrounding them, spirals out of control. The film is a stylistic psychological study, with its gritty story portrayed with creative images, disjointed cuts and a slick, stylistic camera work and aesthetics. Creating a beautiful contrast to the dark, disturbing story unfolding.
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