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Default

2018 · 114 min

A sobering, slow-burning plunge into economic dread, where bureaucratic decisions and personal desperation collide with quiet, mounting tension.

Tagline
A week before the national bankruptcy.
Overview
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • greed
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Choi Kook-hee
Written by
Um Sung-min
Starring
Kim Hye-soo, Yoo Ah-in, Huh Joon-ho, Jo Woo-jin, Vincent Cassel, Kim Hong-pa, Uhm Hyo-seop, Kwon Hae-hyo
Music
Choi Jung-in, Kim Tae-seong
Cinematography
Choi Chan-min
Runtime
114 min
Country
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Languages
Korean

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