And ice flowers sometimes melt from love

December 30, 2010 in the film distribution came the drama of the director from South Korea, Yu Ha, entitled "Ice flowers". The film is historical, with genres costumes, scenery and heroes. Despite the small budget of the picture, all the action and scenery looks plausible enough.
The actors play should be noted separately, it looks chic and does not allow you to tear your eyes from the screen for a second. Actors in the film "Ice Flowers" are quite stellar, but this does not distract the viewer at all and does not prevent him from believing what is happening. The movie is shot very beautiful, starting with the costumes of the heroes and scenery, ending with the staging of battles that look realistic for the Asian film. There are often bedtime scenes, including homosexual ones. For a large number of erotic moments and scenes of violence, the picture "Ice Flowers" was given the highest age rating of 18+.

Once again about the love triangle

The action of the film "Ice Flowers" takes place in medieval Korea, enslaved by the Yuan Empire. To save his state, the Korean monarch, incapable of co-operating with a woman, orders his lover and, at the same time, the head of the royal guard, Hon Rome, to sleep with the queen to produce a legitimate heir. In the course of the film, a rather unconventional love triangle arises, in which a woman and a man struggle for the love of the protagonist. The center of this "figure" is the beloved of King Khon Rim. Having learned love with a woman, he can no longer remain the same. Gradually, a love arises between him and the queen, based, rather, on sexual attraction. The king can not bear the betrayal. The relationship of the heroes turns into a genuine confrontation. In search of Hon Rome, the king does not stop at anything, from the killing of his friends and ending with the blackmail of the Queen of her as yet unborn child.

Love drama

Despite the large number of combat scenes, the tape is a classic drama with elements inherent to it, and most importantly in it is a story about human relations. The film "Ice Flowers" is a classic story about love and betrayal. The pain of the protagonist - the king - is shown by the actor so reliably, that this cruelty even causes understanding. He is an owner, accustomed to own everything and receive everything, even if this is all - human life. And even the love of Hon Rome seems at times just a sense of ownership. And it is a pity in this film of all: both the devoted king, and the queen with her beloved, who are forbidden to be together. This tape can be compared, rather, with the picture of the artist, than with an intricate and unpredictable detective novel. The movie "Ice flowers" will seem provocative to many because of the raised theme of non-traditional love. However, this is likely only a thin author's move, designed to add even more drama to the already tragic plot.

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And let the dialogues in the film be simple, and the plot moves are predictable and primitive, but the result is a picture that can be safely called a masterpiece of not only Korean but also world cinema.