Independent Films, Film Profiles

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
by Park_Chan-wook

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (싸이보그지만 괜찮아, Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchanha) is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy directed by Park Chan-wook.The film takes place in a mental institution. Young-goon, a young woman who believes herself to be a cyborg, refuses to eat and instead administers electric shocks to herself. Il-sun, a young male patient hospitalized for anti-social behaviour and schizophrenia, who believes he can take other peoples souls, befriends Young-goon. After Young-goon is given shock treatment, she believes that she has been recharged and fantasizes about killing the hospital staff who had previously taken her mentally-ill grandmother away. In reality, her physical condition begins to deteriorate rapidly. By convincing her that he had installed a food-to-electrical-energy converting unit (a rice-megatron) in her back, Il-sun gets Young-goon to eat.