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Sunny (2008)

Sunny poster
Original title
님은 먼곳에
Directed by
Lee Joon-ik
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
G
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's husband joins the Vietnam War. She decides to join a singing group that will travel to Vietnam to perform for the soldiers there.

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What happens

Sunny (Korean: 님은 먼곳에; RR: Nimeun meongose; lit. 'My Dear is Far Away') is a 2008 South Korean musical drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik. Soo Ae plays the titular Soon-yi, whose husband enlists to fight in the Vietnam War, and she decides to join a singing group that will travel to Vietnam to perform for the soldiers there. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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