Want to watch 'Ascetic' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Kim Su-hyeong-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.
Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Ascetic' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Ascetic' right now, here are some details about the drama flick.
Released , 'Ascetic' stars Lee Young-ok, Shin Seong-il, Han Mun-jeong The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from top users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "How big is the gap between friendship and love between women? Can one separate the moral principles of caring for another from the desire to possess that person? Can coerced heterosexuality compete with closet homosexuality? Ascetic, which has gained cult notoriety for its controversial focus on lesbian love, poses these questions and issues.
Middle-aged painter, Noh Mi-eh who had endured years of sadistic cruelty from her husband, finds solace in the young fashion model, Kim Young-hee, who is burdened with her own painful past of being gang raped by three men. Mi-eh’s job offer to Young-hee to pose for her painting has the younger woman living under Mi-eh’s roof. Like a mother or even a lover, Mi-eh takes care of Young-hee, doing all she can to help her younger roommate to be freed of her past demons. But when Young-hee falls in love with a man, the two women’s relationship and fate takes a drastic turn." .
