Natali (2010) - full transcript

Oh, is that you, Ma'am? Yes, it is

I'll let you know

Yes, give me a call

Have a safe trip Yes

Mr. Han

Congratulations

Thank you.

Please be kind on the review Mr Han,
Get home safely

It was unbelievably successful

Everything is sold. All of them except Natal

You were fabulous today



Oh, that guy called again

He said he was in your class in college

Class of '97, he said. I told him that

if he wanted to see you so much,

he should just come by sometime

Should I tell him not to come?

No, let him

Are you going to sell Natalie?

The journalists are wondering

who Natali's real model is

Hello. My name is Jang Min Woo

Hello

I'm here to see professor Hwang. Is he here?

What is it about?



Hum. I think I have told you that

I would like to purchase Natali

I'm sorry to say,
but I don't think that will happen

Why not?

Why do you want her so badly?

Because I also have a secret my own

What secret?

The exhibition is over

Professor Hwang Jun-hyuk?

Yes, I am

Hello. I'm Jang Min-woo

I was moved by your work

Wait, wait

Would you let me

write a review on your work?

You want to write about my work?

I don't even know you

No, wait. Professor,
I was one of your students

In art school, class of '97

Natalie

I would like to hear more about Natali

Don't you dare touch it

What do you want to hear about Natalie?

I can feel her spirit

It's as if she's alive

And it seems she is waiting for someone

Who the hell are you?

Tell me about her

The real person

Who is the real Natali?

Are you asking the difference
between reality and art?

I'm asking about the real model behind Natalie

Hey, this work of art and the model
have nothing in common

Are you saying that
Natalie was created on its own?

I am not sure
if you have a theme of this review

My theme is on

Natalie

Just have some tea

Don't even dream about writing about my work

We actually don't need permission

from anyone to write art reviews

Jang Min-woo, or Jung Min-woo.
Whatever your name is

My name is Jang Min-woo

Mr. Jang, you put down of

other people's work to make a living

So, you want me to give you

something to gossip about?

People like you

don't deserve to exist in this world

Stop threatening other people

and do something more creative

I agree on that, but

who will write about
your great work of creation then?

If it wasn't for me, your rocks...

Did you just say rocks?

No, I meant your work would be valued
simply by its weight

and nothing else

Don't be surprised

this is just a piece of rock,
just like you said

In your eyes, what does it look like?

A turtle or an elephant?

Do you know the difference between
a sculptor and a stonecutter?

If he thinks as he cuts, he's a sculptor

On the other side,
a stonemaker cut for work and not for art

What about the one who made inscriptions
on your ancestor's headstones?

Is he a sculptor or a stonecutter?

Well...

Do you think you know what art is?

Can you look at the nature of objects?

No

But Professor

I don't think you can see
the nature of women either

Ah

Are we talking about curator Park?

What? Did she criticize me?

Are you afraid of other people's criticism?

No. Whatever she says is not important to me

Why is that?

Because she is in love with me

Well...

What do you know about me and curator Park?

Well, if she loved you,

she wouldn't call you such as a sex fiend

Young man

One poet once said that love is a bitch

Do you want to sleep with her?

The world consists of two parts:

men and women.
It's like yin and yang, so to speak

She loved my work at first,

then she got attached physically but

I just know

once having her in my bed

She's just a bit angry at me

because she can't have me

She knows there's another woman in my heart

A well known, but madly ill-mannered sculptor

and a curator who needs his work

She could have been faking an orgasm

Yeah?

Anyways, she forgets while we have sex

When the sex is over, She is angry again

Do you have sex with only one woman?

Talk to me

I'm curious about you

Are you married?

You must be married.
You must love your wife very much

How would you know all that?

You wouldn't even cheat.
You don't look like the type

Stop it. Do you think I am an idiot?

No. You look too serious.

In fact, disgustingly sincere

Not all men

have to fool around like you do

Come on! That's a given in this country

Motels outnumber churches in this country

Do you know how the motel owners

make a living?

Yes, honey. I'm at the office

Huh? It's just a headache

Gotta go for a meeting. Talk to you later

A married woman sends her husband to work
in the morning as usual

Have you ever had sex with a woman

at 11am overlooking the river?

Do you believe in monogamy?

What you see isn't all truth

It's becoming a world of polygamy.

Adultery is simply a word from the past

Is your wife at home as she says?

Or is she with another man in a bed

Don't you want to know the truth?

Please, don't apply your experience
to everyone else's

There are many people in this world

who live with love and truth

Why was it that a King had
3000 concubines in his palace back then?

Do you want to be a king?

I'm just a sculptor

Ten years ago,

after your last exhibition

Didn't you say that you won't create

or release any more work?

I did say that

What made you change your mind?

I don't ask you to understand
a fickle minded artist

What is the reason that you released to

the press your ten year old work, Natali?

It's the gallery's marketing planning.
That's what they do

I know someone who'd like
to purchase Natali at the highest price

I'm just not

And why is that?

Just don't want to

I'll buy it

I doubt you can afford it

Yes, I know very well.

Kan Yakumari was $10,000

Sitalie was $20,000.

Kali was $30,000

Gauri, the goddess that nurtures

all lands was priced at $50,000

Oh, that's impressive.
You're smarter than Curator Park

So, how much are you
going to sell Natalie for?

I'm afraid this is not a grocery market
where you can buy anything

Of course not, I value your work. I will pay

Can you afford it?

Yes. I have enough

I don't think you have earned
enough yet at your age

Did you inherit a lot?

Just give me the price

It's impossible to estimate its value

And your other work can?

In that sense, I feel bad for them

Anyway, I won't sell Natal

There's a special story behind Natalie

OK, then.

It really is hard dealing
with a stubborn artist

Thank you for taking your time

You...

Why are you so obsessed with Natalie, anyway?

You didn't come in here for an art review,

did you?

Do you know Natali? Tell me!

Do you know who Natali is? Huh?

Before I answer this

Tell me who you think Natali is

I'll tell you who Natalie is

This Natalie is me. It's me, Hyo-rim Park

Curator Park,
do you really think that Natalie is you?

You can never be Natal

Then, you played with me
to make this piece of metal?

You son of a bitch

What you're holding is the woman I love

I wanted to create
the most beautiful woman in the world

I'll get ready

Curator Park was also part of my inspiration

But nothing or nobody could truly help me

They were all just useless

and obvious imitations

Days turned into months

I simply couldn't do anything

Stunning body movements mixed

with mortal seduction

Right after that moment,

She invaded my life completely

Until now, in various art work,

sculptures and construction projects

have been used in various ways

Even the Egyptian pyramids were built using

this golden proportion

Especially symbols and figures

She excited me to recreate her

through my hands

'Art and our desire towards it

Because human beings can't exist forever

we live with the dilemma

we dream of eternity

So we desire to capture the beauty
at the peak of it

We always desire to be more beautiful

I believe that every art piece
begins from this

Do you understand?

OK, that's all Thank you

You have a nice vacation, too.

Professor, please get married this year

Professor? Yes?

Would you sign this

to celebrate the end of the semester?

Autograph? Sure

What's your name?

Don't you know my name? Pardon?

It's Mi-ran. Oh Mi-ran

Alright, Mi-ran

What should I write for you?

I want you

What?

Write "I want you"

OK, then

"I want you"

I want to be your model

That's ridiculous

You're telling me that she seduced you first?

Yes, it was seduction.
A seduction nobody could refuse

The Mi-ran I know is not that type of girl

I decided to be bold with her seduction

If you're ready, shall we get started?

Yes

You don't have to take off the skirt

Would you go up there and sit down?

Wait

Try to be steady

Just relax

Hold on a second

The more we did the bolder she became

That's how our love started becoming

stronger than anyone else's in this world

She made me excited over and over

We made love again and again

We didn't want to stop, I could have died
with her. When I made love to her

Don't lie to me

Stop interrupting

That makes no sense at all!

Please.
Every moment with her is still vivid to me

Why did you break up with her then?

Why didn't you just marry her?

We didn't break up

We swore that
we would love each other forever

We truly wanted our love to be eternal

If you love someone,

do you have to marry that person?

You're making all this up

The Mi-ran I know isn't some easy woman!

To me, she's pure and mysterious,

as if she came from a mythical tale

She's a creation who looks as
if she jumped out of a painting

Human beings will have
to face death eventually

we live with the dilemma that

we dream of eternity

So we desire to capture
the beauty at the peak of it

We always desire to be more beautiful

Every art piece begins from this

That's all for this semester.

Good work everyone

Hey, excuse me! Excuse me!

Me?

You're in a dance major, right?

Yes, what's up?

I saw you dancing before

Okay

I want to draw you dancing

Why would you want to draw me?

Because you're special

Special?

That sounds nice. Wait

Professor

Yes?

Would you sign this

to celebrate the end of the semester?

Sure

What's your name?

Mi-ran. Oh Mi-ran, right?

Yes

Here

Thank you

"I want you"

Can we talk? Just for a minute

I was just wondering if you'd be my model

It's nothing too difficult
Could you hold on a second?

It won't take too long

It's nothing to be afraid of

You took her away in the dirtiest way

You put her in the corner with a dirty trick

You destroyed her
with this disgusting excuse you call 'art'

Why don't you just write a novel? Huh?

You are distorting the past

in order to beautify your work

I think you are the one
who is twisted out of the memories

That's not true

Well, I can relate to you

You loved Miran but couldn't have her all

The jealousy towards me
with the desire for her

your memories could be completely twisted

You can say whatever you want.
But you can't avoid the fact

So you fooled her

completely for your own good

Shut up!

If you loved her to the death,

How could you leave her?

I said I didn't leave her!

Was she too much to handle

since she was too young?

Or you slept
with a young student impulsively.

But felt sorry for her suddenly?

Professor

Did you do well on your exam? Yes

Hello, Professor

Just a minute

I've missed you

Should we go get something to eat?

I was worried didn't get

the letters yet

When did you leave it there?

About a week ago?

Why aren't you saying anything else?

You agree with me, don't you?

I won't deny what you're saying

But that wasn't the problem

Age wasn't a problem for us either

As time went by,

we only sought physical pleasure

Professor, aren't you getting married?

A son and a daughter. They look happy

Why do you think people get married
and have babies?

That's because a man has met
an overly determined woman

When a man marries,

it's because he's met
the most cruel and spiteful woman on earth

No way, then is your mother one of them?

How about we just live together?
We don't need marriage

I don't want to crawl in a grave of love

because of tradition and convenience

Well, Mi-ran,

it may not be easy for you to understand now

The lust for a woman reborn through my work,

I naturally fall in love with the woman

But on the other hand,

I couldn't see
the passion in my work. It started to diminish

I got addicted to her continuously

and so did she

How's Natali?

Ten years later,
I would compare myself to Natali

She promised me she would come back

ten years later and left me

I blamed myself
for not being able to hold her back

So, you ended up leaving Mi-ran

Are you expecting her to appear today

looking like an angel?

Then, why isn't she here?

Your love just lingers in your fantasy

You are irresponsible immature person

who can't break into reality

Mi-ran might have forgotten you

Love might just end before it reaches a decade

Don't interpret it for your own convenience

You...

Why are you still obsessed with your

one-sided love from the past?

I probably think I was the only hope

for miserable Miran after you left her

I couldn't see Miran even

when she completely came to me

Do you think you know her better than I do?

I know her very well

Since she's my wife

What?

A wife!

I've been looking for you since last week.

What's going on with you?

Do you love me?

Yes

Really?

Even though someone else is in my heart,

can you still love me?

Yes

Forever?

Yes, forever

She promised eternal love

This is ridiculous

When I was at a loss in sorrow

She did eat, sleep and have sex with you

Why the hell did you come to me?

Why did you?

If you didn't come,

I would have been missing her
for the rest of my life

Did she send you or did she
ask you to bring Natali?

Get out of my face now

Give Natalie to me

No. I can't do that

She's my wife

Natali is just one of the easy women
that I have spent a night with

Does it make you feel better to objectify
Natali in a cheap and shameful way?

Yes, I should give away
that meaningless steel to someone

That's enough

Tell your wife,

that my past, my work, my promises

I take it all back,

and I regret everything

I wouldn't be able to

Go and tell her. Don't leave out a single word

Natalie is a dirty and cheap whore.

You hear me?

That's enough.
I won't deliver a single word you said

Why? Why won't you?

Why? Why? Why?

Because...

Mi-ran...

Mi-ran...

is gone

Mi-ran, Oh Mi-ran!

How could you say that?

Oh Mi-ran

No, this is my first baby.

I'm going to have it

This would kill you

Honey, please...

No, I can't let you.

If I don't have you, I'll die

We can always have another baby

Who's going to die? I won't. I will be fine

Mi-ran wanted to have Ye-rim.

If we had aborted her, Mi-ran could've lived

In the end, as Mi-ran wanted,

we stopped Chemo treatment

And we were able to have
our healthy daughter, Yerim

Are you all right?

Yeah

Come here, Ye-rim

Mi-ran had ovarian cancer

After she had Yerim

the cancer spread all over her body

so we couldn't do nothing about it

But I think Miran was not afraid

Are you awake, baby?

I'm fine

Hold me tight

You know, the doctor said I can have sex

That's what he said

I'm sorry

Honey

I love you

What?

I said I love you

Me too. I love you, too

I had no idea

Natali must be meaningful
than any of your work for you

Can you forgive me? Please

Forgive me. Please

Mi-ran...

Tried to keep her words to you until the end

She waited for you until the very last moment

Right before she passed away
I found this out by accident

Why, why did you do this?

Why!

She missed you

Until the last moment

This is the letter she left for you

We have to see each other

I don't think I can keep my promise
seeing you after ten years from now

If I could see you just once.

I want to say this to you

Do you know what she was going to tell me?

No, I am curious too.
That's why I came to see you

You said you have a daughter

Will you bring her sometime?

I missed you

It doesn't matter what she was going to say

In the way as I always wanted to

I will love you Miran

Even though it will take an eternity

I will come to you

Hope this mail box will take me to you Miran