Few people have made as big an impact on Korean cinema as Lee Chang Dong in the last ten years. A former novelist & scriptwriter of masterpieces like To the Starry Island, Lee made his debut in 1997 with Green Fish, which is arguably the best Korean gangster film of the last twenty years. Released in 2002, his third film, Oasis, was not only important for Lee himself, but for Korean cinema as a whole, as Moon So Ris unforgettable performance in the film brought her a prize at the Venice Film Festival, along with one for director Lee.
Hes a former convict, she has cerebral palsy. Two outcasts at an isolated desert oasis. Hong Jong Du (Sol Kyung Gu) just got out of prison for a hit & run accident, & when he tries to contact the family of the victim, he meets Han Kong Ju (Moon So Ri), the daughter of the man he apparently killed. At first the two feel uncomfortable, but Kong Ju finds quickly hes the only one who truly respects her, despite the warnings from her family. But can they continue to meet with their families interfering all the time?