The Ugly
The barefaced truth comes out.
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9/11/2025Runtime
102 minsOverview
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
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A brooding mystery that excavates decades of family trauma through the discovery of a long-lost mother's remains. The film moves methodically through layers of deception and pain, demanding patience as it reveals uncomfortable truths.
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