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기도 (1980)

기도 poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
South Korea

How it feels

A couple in their 30s lives an ordinary life until the husband becomes terminally ill. The story centers on their conversations as his death approaches, and when he disappears from the hospital his wife searches everywhere for him.

intimatecontemplativeemotionally heavyquietfocusedbittersweetintrospectivetense

What happens

《기도》는 MBC에서 1980년 8월 8일에 방영되었던 여름 특집극으로, 평범하게 살아가던 30대 부부가 남편의 죽음을 앞두고 벌이는 부부간의 대화를 중심으로 그린 심리극이다. 중병으로 고생하던 남편이 죽음 직전에 병원에서 증발하는데 아내는 남편이 갈 만한 곳을 샅샅이 뒤진다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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