Short film

Daddy in the Bag

2019 · 17 min

A quiet, wistful short that blends gentle sci-fi with raw grief, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by: Lee Min-seob
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Park Soo-yeon, Kim Jong-soo

Overview: While her father remains in a vegetative state. His daughter carries around a robot that stored her father’s memory in her bag.

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Directed by: Lee Min-seob
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Park Soo-yeon, Kim Jong-soo

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: grief
family
memory
technology
identity
Places: hospital
home
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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