A Song For My Dear

A quiet, slow-burning portrait of a life measured out in music and loss, watching a family endure the long unraveling of illness.

Directed by

Lee Chang-yeol

Genres

Drama

Starring

Jeong A-mi, Min Kyung-jin, Sun Dong-hyuk

Overview

Born between a Sorrikkun (a traditional musician) father and a Gokbi (a dirge singer) mother, Dong-hyuk follows their legacy and lives out his life teaching Gukak (Korean traditional music) at a university. Then one day, as Dong-hyuk's wife Yeonhee becomes stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Dong-hyuk 's successful life gets hard.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Grief, trauma, family, music

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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