The Ugly (2025)
- Original title
- 얼굴
- Directed by
- Yeon Sang-ho
- Genre
- mystery film, thriller film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 31 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
A blind artisan with extraordinary skills is the subject of a documentary. His son teams up with the journalist to uncover the truth about the mother he never knew. They dig into the past and unravel dark family secrets.
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What happens
The Ugly (Korean: 얼굴) is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Based on director Yeon's 2018 graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Park Jeong-min in dual roles as Im Young-gyu, a blind, extraordinarily skilled artisan, and his son, Im Dong-hwan. When a journalist portrayed by Shin Hyun-been makes a documentary on Young-gyu, she and Dong-hwan investigate Dong-hwan's long-dead mother, of whom he never knew anything. The cast also includes Kwon Hae-hyo as present-day Young-gyu, alongside Im Seong-jae and Han Ji-hyun. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2025. It was released in South Korea on September 11, 2025, by Plus M Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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