About the Film
Based on the homonymous novel by Choi In-ho, and shot in Lon Angeles, “Deep Blue Sea” was one of the first local movies to portray the eagerness of Koreans to immigrate to the US, which was considered the “Absolute” country to live in. Despite the radically different setting than his previous films, “Deep Blue Sea” was another huge commercial success, attracting more than 600,000 viewers, breaking box office records, and receiving many awards on both domestic and international stages, including the Grand Bell Film Award, the Paeksang Arts Award and an Asia Pacific Screen Award. (Source: korea.net)
Synopsis
Baek Ho-bin has been living in San Diego illegally, trying to get a green card and to amass enough money to bring his pregnant wife to the US. His way of pursuing this, however, is the one of the hardcore drifter, since, as the film opens, we witness him wooing a woman in the desert, having sex with her, and then robbing her of $20,000, beating her and leaving her to die in the dunes.
