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Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

2021 · 100 min

A gentle, bittersweet road journey about two lost men finding fleeting warmth and meaning at the end of their lives.

Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Park Hae-il, Choi Min-sik, Cho Han-chul
Overview
In order to find the last happiness of his life, inmate 203 escapes from prison. Nam-sik is poor and sick. These two men happen to meet and obtain a large amount of money. Nam-sik joins inmate 203's journey to find the last happiness.

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Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Park Hae-il, Choi Min-sik, Cho Han-chul
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • friendship
  • freedom
  • healing
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Written by
Im Sang-soo
Starring
Park Hae-il, Choi Min-sik, Cho Han-chul, Youn Yuh-jung, EL, Im Sung-jae, Lee Jae-in, Kim Yeo-jin
Music
Kim Hong-jip
Cinematography
Kim Tae-kyeong
Runtime
100 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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