Searching for the Elephant (펜트하우스 코끼리

Hangul

Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...

 Pyenteuhauseu Kokkiri lit. Penthouse Elephant) is 2009 South Korean Psychological thriller

Psychological thriller

Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller with heavy focus on characters. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, along with the typical traits of the thriller genre...

 by Jung Seung-gu which stars Jang Hyuk

Jang Hyuk

- Career :As a child, Jang Hyuk spent most of his life in his birthplace Busan, before making his drama debut in the SBS drama Model in 1997. Besides the TV drama School and a minor role in the little-seen film Zzang, Jang appeared in g.o.d.'s music video of their 1999 debut single To My Mother...

 and Lee Min-jeong. The film was the last film of Jang Ja-yeon who committed suicide just after the film's release.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Jang Hyuk
  Jang Hyuk
  - Career :As a child, Jang Hyuk spent most of his life in his birthplace Busan, before making his drama debut in the SBS drama Model in 1997. Besides the TV drama School and a minor role in the little-seen film Zzang, Jang appeared in g.o.d.'s music video of their 1999 debut single To My Mother...
  
   ... Hyeon-woo
• Jo Dong-Hyeok ... Min-seok
• Lee Sang-Woo ... Jun-hyeok
• Lee Min-Jung ... Su-yeon
• Hwang Woo Seul Hye
• Baek Jeong-Min ... Dong-won
• Jang Ja-yeon

Reception

Reviews for the film have been generally mixed. The Swiss website molodezhnaja.ch gave the film 3 stars (out of 5) citing the acting as 'dramatic but exaggerated' but calling the film "boring". The online cinematheque Mubi gave it 4 stars (out of 5). 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 , 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".

External links

• Searching for the Elephant at HanCinema
• for the Elephant at the Korean Movie Database