Bedevilled (2010)

Original title

김복남 살인사건의 전말

Directed by

Jang Cheol-soo

Genre

action film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 491 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood island home and witnesses the brutal abuse of a childhood friend. The friend endures a life of torment until she takes a violent stand.

darkdisturbingtensebleakunsettlingslow-burnviolentemotional

What happens

Bedevilled (Korean: 김복남 살인 사건의 전말; lit. '"The Whole Story of the Kim Bok-nam Murder Case"') is a 2010 South Korean horror film starring Seo Young-hee and Ji Sung-won. The film premiered as an official selection of Critics' Week at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It is the feature directorial debut of Jang Cheol-soo, who worked as an assistant director on the Kim Ki-duk films Samaritan Girl and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. The film was a runaway hit in Korea, with the box-office returns far exceeding its ₩700 million (US$636,363) budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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