Beautiful () is a 2008 South Korean film, and the debut feature of director Juhn Jai-hong. The film is based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk.Lee, Hyo-won (14 February 2008). "Beautiful Shows Ugly Side of Beauty". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
Plot Eun-Yeong is a young woman who finds her beauty to be a curse, drawing unwanted attention from all kinds of men and making other women jealous. Nevertheless, she leads a relatively content life until she is raped by one of her stalkers, Seong-min, who then blames Eun-Yeong for the incident, saying, "I did it because you're so beautiful". Traumatized by her attack, Eun-Yeong tries to destroy her beauty, first by attempting to become obese, and when that fails by making herself unattractively thin. When her beauty does start to fade, she becomes alarmed and tries to regain it by wearing gaudy makeup and revealing clothes, her behavior increasingly destructive and unstable. A policeman, Eun-Cheol, watches her downfall with pity and sympathy, but eventually, he too submits to his lustful desires.
Cast Cha Soo-yeon as Eun-yeong Lee Chun-hee as Eun-cheol Choi Moo-sung as Detective Kim Kim Min-soo as Seong-min Lee Min as Mi-yeon Bae Yong-geun as Beauty salon boss Kim Seon-bin as Working man Jo Seok-hyeon as Lavatory man Lee Chang-min as Police station man
Release Beautiful premiered in the Panorama section of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival,Paquet, Darcy (17 July 2008). ""Beautiful wins top prize at Fukuoka". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2008-12-06. and was given a limited theatrical release in South Korea on February 14, 2008, where it was screened in just five Seoul theaters.Yang Sung-jin (13 February 2008). "Arthouse films warm cold season". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2008-12-06. As of March 31, 2008, it had received a total of 1,478 admissions,"Theatrical Releases in 2008: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2008-12-06. and as of April 13, it grossed ."South Korea Box Office April 11–13, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
Awards Beautiful won the Grand Prix at the 2008 Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.
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