'Peppermint Candy' doesn't always make for comfortable viewing, particularly at the beginning of the film when the protagonist is in such a deranged state, but Lee Chang-dong's clever story-telling traces events backwards to show how brutal life and political events can dismantle a human being. This was only his second major feature (made in 1999), but the South Korean film maker and cast draw you in ... you can't turn away however unpleasant it gets ... utterly compelling!
Review of Peppermint Candy
