The film introduces us to Lee Geum-ja (played with icy perfection by Lee Young-ae), a beautiful and seemingly angelic young woman who is released from prison after serving 13 years for the kidnapping and murder of a young boy, Park Won-mo. Upon her entry into prison, she was known as the "kind Geum-ja"—a praying, contrite model inmate.
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One cannot discuss without addressing its visual language. Cinematographer Jeong Jeong-hun (who also shot Oldboy ) uses a desaturated, near-black-and-white palette for the majority of the film. Seoul looks perpetually overcast; the prison is cold and institutional; Geum-ja’s apartment is sterile. The film introduces us to Lee Geum-ja (played