Collective Invention
Collective Invention is a South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Kwon Oh-kwang. It is about a hapless fish-man's meteoric rise to celebrity and subsequent fall from grace. The film was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 [Toronto International Film Festival].
Plot
A medical experiment gone wrong and a man mutates due to side effects from an experimental drug administered to him, turning him into a fish-man. When his supposedly girlfriend posts the story of her 'fishy' boyfriend on the internet, a wannabe reporter starts digging for the truth, covering the news about the mutant fish-man.Cast
- Lee Kwang-soo as Park Gu
- Lee Chun-hee as Sang-won
- Park Bo-young as Ju-jin
- Jang Gwang as Gu's father
- Lee Byung-joon as Dr. Byun
- Kim Hee-won as Lawyer Kim
- Jung In-gi as Dong-sik
- Choi Ji-ho as Chairman's assistant