Birthday
“A story of a family left behind.”
Drama
Jung-il and Soon-nam were just ordinary parents who raised two lovely kids. It was not until their son Su-ho’s sudden death the family started to break apart, with all the happiness gone at once. While the pain seemed to grow every day, the bereaved families around the family try to console them at their best. Based on the true event of Sewol Ferry disaster which killed more than 300 people in Korea.
VIBE
A profound and devastating exploration of grief. This film feels like a heavy blanket of sorrow, focusing on the quiet, crushing weight of loss and the fractured bonds of family in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.
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