Swimming to Sea (2012)

Original title

파닥파닥

Directed by

Lee Dae-hee

Genre

drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film, musical film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fish is caught and placed in a tank, where it struggles to survive alongside other sea creatures. The film follows the fish as it confronts the horrors of captivity and the threat of being eaten.

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What happens

Swimming to Sea (Korean: 파닥파닥; RR: Padakpadak) is a 2012 South Korean adult animated musical survival horror drama film written and directed by Dae-Hee Lee. It stars Hyen-jee Kim, Young-jun Si, Young-mi Ahn, Kyeng-soo Hyen and Ho-san Lee. It premiered at the 2012 Jeonju International Film Festival, and was released on July 25, 2012 to South Korean theaters. It was later distributed on Steam on June 6, 2016 as Padak by the comic book publisher eigoMANGA. Although the film was well-received by critics in South Korea, it was met with mixed reviews elsewhere, mainly criticising the cheap animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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