Searching For The Elephant
This is a film I had know nothing about, however have recently learned that the actress playing Hye-mi (Jang Ja-yeon) committed suicide this year which is very sad to know
Searching for the Elephant is a tale about the wealthy 30somethings and their vain and materialistic lifestyles. It focuses on 3 close friends, but as with most things that look good on top we soon seen that their lives are far from perfect. The film deals with mainly with mental illness and sex addiction and has two main stories running in it Hyeon-woo (Jan Hyeok) who is struggling with mental issues, and how he finds inner peace in the most unlikely of circumstances. The second is his friend Min-seok and his constant infidelity. The female leads are strong and Hwang Woo-seul-hye is excellent as Dr Jang, but as mentioned it is quite tragic knowing what happened to Jang Ja-yeon.
This film ticks all the boxes, and is even a little gruesome in parts, but then has the ability to flash to the totally bizarre and funny. At points I did find myself getting a little lost however I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend this as it covered so many different areas.
