| Searching for the Elephant | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 펜트하우스 코끼리 |
| RR | Pyenteuhauseu Kokkiri |
| MR | P‘ent‘ŭhausŭ K‘okkiri |
| Directed by | Jung Seung-gu |
| Produced by | Jung Seung-gu |
| Written by | Jung Seung-gu |
| Starring | Jang Hyuk Lee Sang-Woo Jo Dong-Hyeok Lee Min-Jung |
| Music by | Park Min-jun |
| Cinematography | Oh Seung-hwan |
| Editing by | Kim Sun-min |
| Release date(s) | November 5, 2009 |
| Running time | 100 min. & 144 min. |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 142,398 |
Searching for the Elephant (펜트하우스 코끼리 Pyenteuhauseu Kokkiri lit. Penthouse Elephant) is 2009 South Korean Psychological thriller by Jung Seung-gu which stars Jang Hyuk and Lee Min-jeong. The film was the last film of Jang Ja-yeon who committed suicide just after the film's release. [1]
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Three men, who look like winners in life, are in fact struggling with their own sufferings that they desperately strive to keep undisclosed - schizophrenia, sex addiction and infidelity. For these three childhood friends, the harder they try to get out of their agony, the more complicated and puzzled it gets.
Reviews for the film have been generally mixed. The Swiss website molodezhnaja.ch gave the film 3 stars (out of 5)[2] citing the acting as 'dramatic but exaggerated' but calling the film "boring". The online cinematheque Mubi gave it 4 stars (out of 5).[3] The reviewer stated the film has scenes of "outrageous humor that ridicule...society" and called the film "an experience for cinema lovers". Beyond Hollywood gave a generally negative review [4], stating that it's "void of any drama or tension until the final act" and that "the film is packed with wacky, often meaningless moments".