Elegant Lies (2014)
- Original title
- 우아한 거짓말
- Directed by
- Lee Han
- Genre
- drama film, mystery film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
After a teenage girl takes her own life, her mother and older sister try to understand why she did it. They get close to the girl who bullied her at school.
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What happens
Thread of Lies (Korean: 우아한 거짓말; RR: Uahan geojinmal; lit. 'Elegant Lies') is a 2014 South Korean drama film based on the 2009 bestselling novel Elegant Lies by Kim Ryeo-ryeong. Directed by Lee Han, it starred Kim Hee-ae (in her first film in 21 years), Go Ah-sung, Kim You-jung and Kim Hyang-gi. Thread of Lies deals with the aftermath of a suicide by a 14-year-old girl. The nonlinear narrative follows her mother and older sister who set out to solve the mystery of her death, insinuating themselves into the life of the girl who bullied her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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