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After My Death

2018 · 113 min

A suffocating, slow-burn plunge into guilt and accusation, where every glance feels like a verdict and the truth stays just out of reach.

Directed by
Kim Ui-seok
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Jeon Yeo-bin, Seo Young-hwa, Go Won-hee
Tagline
My close friend is dead, and people swam around me for answers.
Overview
When a school girl disappears, suicide is suspected, and one of her classmates is suspected of having goaded her into it.

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Directed by
Kim Ui-seok
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Jeon Yeo-bin, Seo Young-hwa, Go Won-hee
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • death
  • identity
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Kim Ui-seok
Written by
Kim Ui-seok
Starring
Jeon Yeo-bin, Seo Young-hwa, Go Won-hee, Lee Tae-kyung, Jeon So-nee, Yoo Jae-myung, Seo Hyun-woo, Jung In-gi
Music
Sunwoo Jung-a
Cinematography
Baek Seong-bin
Runtime
113 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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