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Honest Candidate

2020 · 104 min

A breezy, feel-good comedy where a politician's sudden honesty creates chaotic, laugh-out-loud situations.

Tagline
Please let me lie again.
Overview
Sang-sook is a competent politician who captivates the public with all kinds of nice words. One day, Sang-sook visits her grandmother who lives in the isolated house. But when she returns home, she finds out that she is not able to lie anymore.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • deception
  • identity
  • power
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jang Yoo-jung
Written by
Jang Yoo-jung, Kim Sun, Heo Sung-hye
Starring
Ra Mi-ran, Kim Moo-yul, Na Moon-hee, Yoon Kyung-ho, Song Young-chang, On Ju-wan, Cho Han-chul, Son Jong-hak
Music
Lee Jae-jin
Cinematography
Park Yong-su
Runtime
104 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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