I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

(2006)

★ 7 IMDb · 623 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 2006

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: Пак Чхан Ук

Cast: Им Су Джон, 비, О Даль Су, 이영미, 김춘기, 박준면, 천성훈, Чхве Хи Джин, Ли Ён Нё, Сон Ён Сун

Plot

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

A young woman who believes she's a cyborg hears voices and harms herself while at work making radios. She's hospitalized in a mental institution where she eats nothing and talks to inanimate objects. She's Young-goon, granddaughter of a woman who thought she was a mouse (and whose dentures Young-goon wears) and a mother who's a butcher without much social grace. Young-goon comes to the attention of Il-sun, a ping-pong playing patient at the institution who makes it his goal to get her to eat. Will he succeed? Which way does sanity lie?