Visitors
2009 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 240 VOTES · DIR. Lav Diaz, Hong Sang-soo, Naomi Kawase
Overview
Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse to see her classmate Jin-Young – only to discover that her friend is having an affair with their married professor, who Mi-Sook once dated herself. The level of social embarrassment goes off the scale. In Naomi Kawase’s Koma (Japan, 34min), Kang Jun-Il travels to a village in rural Japan to honour his grandfather’s dying wish by returning a Buddhist scroll to its ancestral home. Amid ancient superstitions, a new relationship forms. And in Lav Diaz’ Butterflies Have No Memories (Philippines, 42min) ‘homecoming queen’ Carol returns to the economically depressed former mining town she came from – and becomes the target of an absurd kidnapping plot hatched by resentful locals. Serving as his own writer, cameraman and editor, Diaz casts the film entirely from members of his crew and delivers a well-seasoned mix of social realism and fantasy. —bfi
Dialogue Timeline — 871 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:12 My grandfather's dead.
00:09:05 Junil.
00:13:18 - No. - From your grandfather...
00:17:10 They're really good. Try some.
00:21:50 they let me do as I will.
00:32:29 Really tight.
00:37:21 Don't be silly. You came all this way.
00:39:24 I'm visiting Jinyoung.
00:41:35 I was with him because I didn't want to be alone.
00:44:37 So what are you going to do?
00:46:32 Don't be so over-the-top!
00:49:44 We had an argument. I have to go in.
00:52:41 Okay.
00:55:49 Careful now!
00:59:19 We left the motel at twelve.
01:02:45 You don't greet your teacher?
01:05:27 Myungwoo - Lee Sunkyun Jinyoung - Kim Jinkyoung
01:08:59 But still we got better salaries before
01:13:41 When the mines closed?
01:17:33 Salt bread!
01:20:31 - Hey, Martha, look - Ah, that...
01:23:43 Alright Smile!
01:27:55 I have something to tell
01:34:47 Is there a problem?