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A Haunting Hitchhike (2019)

A Haunting Hitchhike poster
Original title
히치하이크
Directed by
Jeong Hee-jae
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 16-year-old girl looks for the mother who left her. She also tries to become part of the family of a man who might be her friend's real father.

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What happens

A Haunting Hitchhike (Korean: 히치하이크; RR: Hichihaikeu) is a 2017 South Korean drama film directed and written by Jeong Hee-jae. The film starring Roh Jeong-eui, Park Hee-soon, and Kim Go-eun is about a 16-year-old, Jeong-ae sets out to find the mother who abandoned her and to fulfill her desire to be part of a family in the home of a man suspected of being her friend's biological father. The film premiered in Busan International Film Festival in 2017 and was selected for the main competition section of the 43rd Seoul Independent Film Festival. It was released in theaters on March 14, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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