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Cancelled Faces

2015 · 80 min

A quiet, uneasy drift into intimacy that grows heavier as affection curdles into dependency.

Directed by
Lior Shamriz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kim Won-mok, Lee Je-yeon, Ye Su-jeong
Overview
Korea, the now: A young man makes a fateful encounter with a stranger he passionately falls in love with. When Unk rides his scooter through the night he fails to notice a drunk pedestrian, a man called Boaz, and hits him. The accident has unforeseen repercussions since shortly afterwards Unk and Boaz start an intense relationship that leads into a gradually worsening dependency.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lior Shamriz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kim Won-mok, Lee Je-yeon, Ye Su-jeong
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • obsession
    • addiction
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Lior Shamriz
    Starring
    Kim Won-mok, Lee Je-yeon, Ye Su-jeong, Kwon Ki-ha
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    South Korea, Germany
    Languages
    Korean

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