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Castaway on the Moon
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2009 · Film · 119 min
Directed by Lee Hae-jun
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.
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A Korean movie was making the rounds at film festivals over a decade ago called Castaway on the Moon.
The setup: office drone gets fired, has debts, tries to jump off a bridge. He washes up on a river island, can’t get off, and decides to become a hermit. Somehow befriends a shut-in woman (she can see him from her window with a telephoto lens).
This thread reminds me of that movie (might still be on YouTube) and that this has been a known problem for some time.
My favourite:
Let the right one in (the original version), beautiful atmospheric movie: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1139797
Other recommendations:
City of God, harsh but realistic: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0317248
Barefoot Gen, shock and awe, made me cry, IMHO better than Grave of the Fireflies: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/
The Chaser, breathtaking thriller: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/
The Andromeda Strain, now this is real SF: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0066769
The Man from Earth, good low budget SF: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0756683
Castaway on the Moon: funny movie about a man that 'bootstraps' his life on a 'stranded island' after a failed suicide attempt: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1499666/
I saw the devil, violent but very good thriller: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/?ref_=sr_1
My "hack" is to ask strangers the following questions:
"I'm going to watch a movie tonight, what's a really good movie that I probably haven't seen."
This works best with strangers or people you've just met. I find that people who know me always recommend movies that I've either already seen, or decided that I don't want to see. If the stranger has any affinity towards movies, they can almost certainly come up with a gem that you've never heard of.
I discovered this works when I asked this exact question of someone on a whim and they recommended "Castaway on the Moon". It was a darn good movie, that I never would have found/watched on my own. I've since asked this question of all sorts of people with great results.