Dissolve (2019 film)

Dissolve
Film poster
Korean
Directed by Ki-duk Kim
Written by Ki-duk Kim
Starring Dinara Zhumagaliyeva
Sanjar Madi
Aruzhan Moldagaliyeva
Release date
  • September 19, 2019 (Almaty)
Running time
80 minutes
Countries South Korea
Kazakhstan
Language Russian

Dissolve (Korean, Russian: Растворяться) is a 2019 feature-length drama film by the South Korean art-house director Kim Ki-Duk. It was shot in Kazakhstan with local actors and premiered at the Cannes Film Market under the temporary title 3000.

It was screened at the Almaty Film Festival in Kazakhstan on 19 September 2019, where it was compared to Kim's earlier film Samaritan Girl.

This was Kim's final film before his death the following year.

Plot

In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her.

Cast

  • Dinara Zhumagaliyeva as Din
  • Sanjar Madi as Nurlan