im not totally sure. as a mystery, oh yeah its engaging as hell....but as a movie its a different story.
while its mystery is cool, whats the theme here? the characters on paper are decent enough but without any thematic depth they all feel flimsy.
i don't know if i liked or hated this because the ending seriously needed a better draft.
kang ha-neul gives a good lead performance tho.(watch my feature film https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp )
Forgotten
Locked. Erased. Controlled. Isolated. Blurred.
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
11/29/2017Runtime
108 minsOverview
Seoul, South Korea, 1997. When the young but extremely anxious student Jin-seok, his parents and his successful older brother Yoo-seok move to a new home, mysterious and frightening events begin to happen around them, unexplained events that threaten to ruin their seemingly happy lives. Unable to understand what is happening, Jin-seok wonders if he is losing his mind.
How It Feels
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A psychological thriller that slowly unravels the truth beneath a family's comfortable surface, building toward a devastating revelation about trust and memory. The film traps you in Jin-seok's mounting confusion and dread as reality itself becomes unreliable.
Mood
UnsettlingParanoidDread-soakedTense
Themes
FamilyBetrayalObsessionIdentity
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
HandheldHigh-contrastDesaturated
Structure
Framed flashback
Kang Ha-neul
Jin-seok
Kim Moo-yul
Yoo-seok / Choi Seong-uk
Moon Sung-keun
Jin-seok's Father / Mr. Park
Na Young-hee
Jin-seok's Father / Madam Min
Nam Myung-ryeol
Professor Choi
Lee Na-ra
Professor Choi's Wife
Jung Chan-bi
Girl
Choi Go
Young Yoo-seok
Bae Seong-il
Questionable Man 1
Lee Soon-won
Questionable Man 2
Byeon Dong-joon
Questionable Man 3
Kang Sin-goo
Jin-seok's Real Father / Precinct Policeman 4
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