Part one of term paper
Rainbow Trout' is a film about five urbanites who visit a fish farmer in a small secluded village and come to realize the deceptiveness of human nature. Characters in the film are roughly divided into two groups: typical modern city dwellers and simple-minded village people living around the fish farm. The urbanites include the Min-su couple ...

Part two of term paper
... into the world of the village people, the differences in the social status of the characters become meaningless. As Chang-hyun's fish-farm gets crowded with urban visitors, it becomes a claustrophobic space filled with a suffocating atmosphere. The fish-farm changes into a nightmarish stage where every character reveals repressed desires and a demonic nature. Initially, the characters are: cultured and reasonable, the Min-su couple and Sae-wha; calculating but friendly, the Byung-kwan couple; c ...