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Sunny

2011 · 136 min

A bittersweet, joyful ride that flips between raucous teen nostalgia and grown-up regret, leaving you smiling through tears.

Directed by: Kang Hyoung-chul
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Yoo Ho-jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Hee-kyung

Tagline: The sunniest moment of our lives.
Overview: Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.

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Directed by: Kang Hyoung-chul
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Yoo Ho-jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Hee-kyung

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
memory
coming-of-age
grief
healing
Places: big city
school
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Kang Hyoung-chul
Written by: Kang Hyoung-chul
Starring: Yoo Ho-jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Hee-kyung, Kang So-ra, Koh Soo-hee, Kim Min-young, Hong Jin-hee, Park Jin-joo
Music: Kim Jun-seok
Cinematography: Lee Hyung-deok
Runtime: 136 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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