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A Bloody Aria (2006)

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Original title
구타유발자들
Directed by
Won Sin-yeon
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
18
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of strangers from different social classes in South Korea end up at a remote location. They shift between being abusers and the abused as events spiral out of control.

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What happens

A Bloody Aria (Korean: 구타 유발자들; RR: Guta yubaljadeul) is a 2006 South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Won Shin-Yeon, that starred Han Suk-Kyu, Lee Moon-Sik, Oh Dal-Soo, Lee Byung-Joon and Cha Ye-Ryun. The Los Angeles Times described the movie as a "thriller about a fated convergence of people from different strata of Korean society who queasily slide between roles of tormentor and victim." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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