The Quiet Applause

The Quiet Applause

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Release Date

10/2/2026

Runtime

81 mins

Genres

Overview

SONG San lives on a rural ranch, spending her days helping her father, Ki-yeol, tend to the sheep, and playing freely in nature. Although her life appears idyllic from the outside, she carries a quiet emptiness inside. She feels that her mother, Sun-hee, gives most of her attention to her older brother, SONG Pul, who has a disability. As her longing for her parents' undivided love grows stronger, San overhears her father considering whether to send Pul to a group home. From that moment on, she begins to devise a small, secret plan.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

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Revenue

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A child's quiet ache for parental attention becomes something darker as she glimpses a way to reshape her family. This is a slow, careful study of how small acts of wrongdoing can grow from small wounds.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulTenseIntimate

Themes

FamilyIdentityComing of ageLove

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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The Quiet Applause (2026) directed by Byun Sung-bin | FirstCinema