In life, some emotions grab us instantly, while some take longer to settle in. Samaritan Girl (aka Samaria) is like that. Parts of it will hit you and parts of it will wait for you. It’s a South Korean thriller about two school girls, best friends, each involved in a different aspect of prostitution. One of the girls is a blank mystery, but the other is crumbling under the weight of some complex emotions. There's an occasional shift in sympathies that adds depth to each of the protagonists. Composer Erik Satie’s ‘Trois Gymnopédies’ appears more than once and is the perfect accompaniment for the way Kim Ki-duk wants us to feel at those times.
3½ assumptions out of 5
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