Bystanders

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Movie
German title Bystanders
Original title 6-wol-ui Ilgi ( 6 월 의 일기 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2005
length 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director In the kyung-soo
script Go Jeong-un
production Choe Hyeon-sik,
Jo Won-jang
music Taro Iwashiro
camera Kim Cheol-ju
cut Kyung Min-ho
occupation

Bystanders (original title 6-wol-ui Ilgi 'Diary entries from June') is a South Korean thriller by Im Kyung-soo from 2005.

action

Commissioner Jayoung and her partner Dongwook are investigating the murder of student Inwoo, who was stabbed to death in the street. Shortly thereafter, another student appears to commit suicide. During the autopsy , a capsule with an apparent confession is found. The case seems clear. But for Jayoung it all seems very suspicious. They examine the stabbed child's stomach and find a capsule there too, with a slip of paper that says it was not a suicide. The police are investigating clues. In the school of the two classmates, the students' essays are examined to determine a comparison of the scriptures.

In doing so, they come across Jinmo's diary. His writing fits exactly and a few pages have been torn out of the book. But he died in a traffic accident the previous month. Therefore, the parents are targeting the police as suspects. Jayoung goes in search of the mother Maria Seo, a nurse. She finds out that her real name is Seo Yoonhee, an old school friend of Jayoung's. Meanwhile, Dongwook finds out that Jinmo was bullied daily by his classmates .

Little by little, Jayoung and Dongwook discover the riddle. Jinmo planned to kill six people in June who bullied him. But then he died in an accident. Nevertheless, there is a series of murders. The main suspect is his mother. Apparently she kills Jinmo's classmates who bullied him. Jayoung is always late. One day she confronts Yoonhee. But she can escape. She is confronted with a story from her past, how she did not intervene when a classmate was bullied and was dead the next day.

Finally, the police officers can find out in advance that the last victim is a “bystander”. First of all, they keep an eye on the teacher. But then Yoonhee kidnaps Jayoung's nephew Joonha. Jayoung remembers the name Jinmo, who once called them and said Joonha didn't have to avoid him anymore. Jayoung and Dongwook can track down Yoonhee and Joonha. She threatens to kill him, but Jayoung shoots her. Joonha remains unharmed. They congratulate him on his mobile phone idea. This enabled them to locate the two. But Joonha tells them that Yoonhee put the cell phone next to him. That puzzles Jayoung and Dongwook. They also examine Yoonhee's stomach. Inside they find a capsule with the message that the last victim is Jinmo's mother, who just watched.

The film ends with Yoonhee, who was constantly mad at Joonha for acting weird. She believed he would always fight. One day she wants to live a life without him. When he leaves the car, he is run over. After his death, Yoonhee finds videos of bullying against Jinmo.

reception

Bystanders opened in South Korean cinemas on December 1, 2005 and had a total of 593,867 visitors.

The lexicon of international films reads: “Moderately exciting thriller, at least staged with a feel for atmosphere. The erratic plot lacks the psychological development of the characters. ”Christoph Peterson from Filmstarts awards 3.5 out of 5 stars and speaks of a differentiated and multi-faceted figure in the case of Commissioner Chu. The first half an hour of the film is very varied, but director Im increasingly loses himself in flashbacks. Overall, the police thriller was staged varied.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bystanders (2005). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Bystanders. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 8, 2019 . Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Christoph Petersen: Bystanders. In: film starts . Retrieved March 8, 2019 .