Searching for the Elephant

Searching for the Elephant Hangul RRPenteuhauseu Kokkiri lit. Penthouse Elephant is a 2009 South Korean psychological thriller written, directed and produced by S.K. Jhung a.k.a. Jhung Seungkoo. It stars Jang Hyuk, Jo Donghyuk and Lee Sangwoo as three male friends who deal with sex addiction, anxiety and other contemporary disorders.

Freelance photographer Hyunwoo has a successful career and seems to be living an enviable life. But hes been suffering from depression since his exgirlfriend Mari left him, and begins to have trouble distinguishing between reality and delusion. One of Hyunwoos friends, Minseok, is an indemand plastic surgeon who is also married to Hyunwoos sister Sooyeon. But Minseok is constantly having affairs with various women and suspects that he may have sex addiction. Another longtime friend, Jinhyuk, is a finance specialist. Jinhyuk is secretly having an affair with Sooyeon, Minseoks wife, and is willing to give up everything for their love.A suicidal, potsmoking photographer with schizophrenic episodes, a sex addicted plastic surgeon with a bad conscience, and a secretive financier with legal trouble. These three childhood friends come together to relate common memories, future ambitions and share their deepest secrets. Searching for the Elephant is a raw, innovative film that portrays the decadent lives of the successful metropolitan in a cynical world. Materialistic dreams and mental anguishes collide as the lives of the three confused friends, and the women surrounding them, spirals out of control. The film is a stylistic psychological study, with its gritty story portrayed with creative images, disjointed cuts and a slick, stylistic camera work and aesthetics. Creating a beautiful contrast to the dark, disturbing story unfolding. ........

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