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An Empty Dream

1965 · 100 min

A hazy, dreamlike drift through desire and delusion, unsettling and strange but oddly tender.

Directed by
Yu Hyun-mok
Genres
Fantasy, Horror
Starring
Park Su-jeong, Park Am, Shin Seong-il
Overview
While under the effects of anasthesia in a dentist's office, a young man and woman fantasize a romantic triangle between themselves and the dentist.

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Directed by
Yu Hyun-mok
Genres
Fantasy, Horror
Starring
Park Su-jeong, Park Am, Shin Seong-il
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • identity
    • obsession
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour3
    Realism4
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    fantasy, horror
    Directed by
    Yu Hyun-mok
    Written by
    Han-il Kim
    Starring
    Park Su-jeong, Park Am, Shin Seong-il, Jo Hee-ran, Ji Bang-yeol
    Music
    Kim Yong-hwan
    Cinematography
    Sim Jae-heung
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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