Underplayed Gems

Bleak Night (2010)

Bleak Night poster
Original title
파수꾼
Directed by
Yoon Sung-hyun
Genre
drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
G
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A father investigates the events leading up to his son's death. He uncovers the complicated friendships and rivalries among his son and two high school friends.

mournfulintrospectivetensemelancholicslow-burngrittysomberraw

What happens

Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasukkun; lit. 'The Lookout') is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends. A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.