Idol

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New Films

New Films

DATABASE

Idol

Mar 15, 2019

Writer by Pierce Conran
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2019 | 144 min | Thriller, Drama

DIRECTOR LEE Su-jin

CAST HAN Suk-kyu, SUL Kyung-gu, CHUN Woo-hee

RELEASE DATE March 20, 2019

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Politician Myung-hui’s career is put in jeopardy following an accident involving his son. Owing to his strict moral code, he urges his son to come forward. Meanwhile Joong-sik’s life falls apart when his mentally handicapped son, whom he dotes on, dies in an accident. Ryeon-hwa, a young woman, is the only person who saw what really happened, but she disappears without a trace. Now both of these fathers desperately try to find out where she went, for their own separate agenda, as they come to learn the horrible truth of what really occurred that night.

Idol is the sophomore feature, and commercial debut, of acclaimed filmmaker LEE Su-jin, who debuted to considerable acclaim with HAN Gong-ju in 2014. His debut earned the top awards from the Marrakesh, Rotterdam and Fribourg International Film Festivals, among many other accolades, and created quite a bit of curiosity surrounding what his next project would be. LEE is also reunited with his HAN Gong-ju star CHUN Woo-hee, who quickly became a star following her performance in his debut, and has appeared in works such as NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING (2016) in the years since. Also joining the director are the veteran stars SUL Kyung-gu (The Merciless, 2017) and HAN Suk-kyu (The Prison, 2017).

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