In the Name of the Son (2021)
- Original title
- 아들의 이름으로
- Directed by
- Lee Jung-gook
- Genre
- thriller, drama
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A driver with manic depression named Chae-geun agrees to pretend to be the fiancé of a waitress named Jin-hee. Her father, a victim of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, asks Chae-geun to help him get revenge on those responsible.
tensemelancholicslow-burndarkemotionalintimateseriousbrooding
Trailer
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