this be a film about human relationship and loneliness and reach out and heal . it be not your typical old man seduce young beauty that you may expect . it be a thoughtful and introspective film . i think more than anything the title lidole and or the idol and be mean to revolve around the james hong character . in that everyone in the building in which he live respect him and and when a young and beautiful new tenant play wonderfully by leelee sobieski come into the picture . he be the only one who find a real meaningful connection with her . therefore the rest of the building tenant also become somewhat envious of him in their own emptiness of depth less or stale relationship a he and the new beauty grow closer . perhaps even some viewer will be envious of the graceful and experience hong character and and i think that be part of the point . i guess you could twist around the idol idea and and say that sobieski be the idolized one in certain way . nonetheless and loneliness and disconnect seem to be a major theme here . pretty much every character seem to struggle with anything that would resemble a deep or truly meaningful relationship . all in all and lidole be an intriguing watch a both james hong and leelee sobieski be hard to not watch and a they easily out act the average hollywood standard . the support cast also fit very well here and help to make this a quality piece of character drive film .