No Regret

No Regret," heralded as the first true gay film in the Korean cinema, is an explosive no-holds-barred movie that mixes melodrama and social comment in the tradition of Douglas Sirk and especially R.W. Fassbinder. As a love story, it could scarcely be more tempestuous and as an exposé of class differences and sexual hypocrisy it could hardly be more scathing -- or, more important, entertaining.

The best thing in “No Regret” is the brothel. Down a dingy alleyway in Seoul, South Korea, the “host bar,” as it is euphemistically known, is announced by a sign that suggestively promises “X Large.” Inside, young men fresh from the provinces cavort with their jaded city colleagues for the delight of an all-male clientele. There is karaoke, binge drinking, lap dancing and intimate entanglements in [...] Vai alla recensione »