Serve the People (2022)
- Original title
- 인민을 위해 복무하라
- Directed by
- Jang Cheol-soo
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Rated
- 19
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a fictional socialist country resembling 1970s North Korea, a model soldier begins a secret romance with his commander's young wife. The affair forces him to confront his loyalties and inner conflicts.
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What happens
Serve the People (Korean: 인민을 위해 복무하라) is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama film, written and directed by Jang Cheol-soo and starring Yeon Woo-jin, Ji An (지안), Jo Sung-ha and Kim Ji-chul. Based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Yan Lianke, it depicts a romance between Mu Gwang, a model soldier, and Su-ryun, the young wife of the division commander and the inner conflicts of Mu Gwang. The film set in a fictional socialist country much similar to North Korea in the 1970s, was released theatrically on February 23, 2022 in South Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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