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Set Me Free (2014)

Set Me Free poster
Original title
거인
Directed by
Kim Tae-yong
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
12
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy struggles with his identity and relationships after being released from a juvenile detention center. The story follows his attempts to fit back into normal life while hiding his past from those around him.

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What happens

Set Me Free (Korean: 거인; RR: Geoin) is a 2014 South Korean autobiographical coming-of-age film directed by Kim Tae-yong. Choi Woo-shik won Actor of the Year at the 19th Busan International Film Festival, where the film also received the Citizen Critics' Award. Set Me Free was released in theaters on November 13, 2014, and drew 23,979 admissions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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