A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
장화, 홍련
Our sorrow was conceived long before our birth.
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A Tale of Two Sisters rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.1/10· 73K votes
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic65%
TMDb7.096/10· 1K votesWith 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 65/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About A Tale of Two Sisters
Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Cast of A Tale of Two Sisters
Lim Soo-jung
as Su-mi
Moon Geun-young
as Su-yeon
Yum Jung-ah
as Eun-joo
Kim Kap-soo
as Moo-hyeon
Park Mi-hyeon
as Birth Mother
- L
Lee Seung-bi
as Mi-hee
Woo Ki-hong
as Sun-kyu
Lee Dae-yeon
as Doctor
- N
No Seung-jin
as Hwang
- S
Song In-hyuk
as Jang
- L
Lee Yeong-sil
as Woman
- W
Won Ae-ri
as Nurse
A Tale of Two Sisters facts
- Original title
- 장화, 홍련
- Budget
- $15.1M
- Box office
- $1.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Kim Jee-woon crafts haunting visually beautiful surreal mystery
- •Ambiguous narrative structure rewards patient viewers with multiple interpretations
- •Gothic horror atmosphere permeates every frame with artistic sophistication
What the audience disliked
- •Deliberately cryptic plot can frustrate viewers seeking clarity
- •Slow pacing emphasizes mood over conventional narrative momentum
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