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Sinkhole

2021 · 113 min

A tense but often funny survival story that mixes disaster thrills with warm family moments and social satire.

Directed by: Kim Ji-hoon
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo

Tagline: A house earned after 11 years of effort falls deep into the ground in a minute.
Overview: A working class family move into a new condo purchased after 11 years of hard work. They throw a housewarming party to show his co-workers when overnight a heavy downpour creates an extremely deep sinkhole that engulfs the entire building.

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Directed by: Kim Ji-hoon
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 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: survival
family
greed
work
class
Places: home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Kim Ji-hoon
Written by: Jeon Cheol-hong, Kim Jeong-han
Starring: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, Kwon So-hyun, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Jae-hwa, Nam Da-reum, Jung Young-sook
Music: Kim Tae-seong, Choi Jung-in
Cinematography: Shin Tae-ho
Runtime: 113 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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