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Forgotten

2017 · 108 min

A disorienting, slow-burn puzzle that keeps you uneasy and guessing until its devastating final act.

Tagline
Locked. Erased. Controlled. Isolated. Blurred.
Overview
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • memory
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
thriller, mystery, crime
Directed by
Chang Hang-jun
Written by
Chang Hang-jun
Starring
Kang Ha-neul, Kim Moo-yul, Moon Sung-keun, Na Young-hee, Nam Myung-ryeol, Lee Na-ra, Jeong Taek-hyeon, Jung Chan-bi
Music
Kim Tae-hoon
Cinematography
Kim Il-yeon
Runtime
108 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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