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

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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