A Girl With Closed Eyes (3 Eyes)

This is the fourth film in the Stuttgart Nights Festival.

My friend called the previous film exhausting. I found "A Girl With Closed Eyes" more exhausting, though for different reasons. It's a mystery that's finally explained, but it takes a long time to get there. It's well written, but the viewer needs to invest a lot of concentration. Every time I thought I understood what was happening, there was another twist, and I had to start puzzling again.

Min-Ju, a woman in her early thirties, breaks into the home of a successful author and shoots him dead. When the police arrive she's still standing over him with her rifle. A clear cut case? She tells the police that she'll only talk to a policewoman from another town, also called Min-Ju. When the policewoman Min-Ju arrives she recognises the murderess as a childhood friend called Li-Seon, who legally changed her name many years ago. Li-Seon doesn't deny the murder, but she says it was revenge for the author kidnapping and abusing her 20 years ago.

But things don't add up. Despite the confession, Min-Ju is convinced that Li-Seon is innocent.