The Front Line

The Front Line

Last battle of the Korean War.

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Release Date

7/20/2011

Runtime

133 mins

Overview

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$15,786,086

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A harrowing portrait of soldiers trapped in senseless combat over meaningless ground as a ceasefire looms. The film finds tragedy and dark complicity in the final, desperate days of war.

Mood

TenseBleakMournful

Themes

WarSurvivalIdentity

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldNaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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