Eyelids (2015)

Original title

눈꺼풀

Directed by

O Muel

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man lives a simple life on a small island. He watches news about the Sewol ferry disaster and feels helpless.

contemplativesomberquietstillmeditativemelancholicrestrainedmournful

What happens

Eyelids (Korean: 눈꺼풀) is a 2015 South Korean drama starring Moon Seok-beom. Written and directed by O Muel, it follows an old man living a monk-like ascetic life on an island. Feeling frustrated and powerless while watching the news coverage in the aftermath of the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16, 2014, O wrote the script in three days to offer a way to console the souls of the dead. It made its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in 2015 and won the CGV Arthouse Award and DGK Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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