The Truth Beneath

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Movie
German title The Truth Beneath
Original title Bimireun Eopda ( 비밀 은 없다 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2016
length 102 minutes
Rod
Director Lee Kyoung-mi
script Lee Kyoung-mi
Park Chan-wook
production KIM Bo-ram
cut Park Gok-ji
occupation

The Truth Beneath (original title: 비밀 은 없다 ) is a thriller by the South Korean director Lee Kyoung-mi from 2016.

action

Elections are due in South Korea. Kim Jong-chan stands for the office to be filled against the strong opponent Noh Jae-soon. Kim's wife Yeon-hong supports him in the election campaign. But a few days before the election, her daughter suddenly disappears. At first they assume Min-jin may have run away and will be back soon, so they won't go public yet. But Yeon-hong finds out that the person Min-jin wanted to go to doesn't even exist. Instead, she finds the student Choi Mi-ok, who was apparently Min-jin's only friend. According to teacher Son So-ra, both were outsiders and were bullied by their classmates .

When Yeon-hong questions her, she realizes that she wore the same watch as Min-jin for a long time, but was then stolen from her. This was very expensive, but Mi-ok comes from a poor family. So she considers Mi-ok as a suspect. Shortly afterwards, the police found Min-jin's body. The family is horrified. At the same time, Jong-chan is gaining support for his campaign in the polls. Mi-ok is questioned by the police about Min-jin's blood stains on her shoes. But the police can't find out anything else in the lie detector test . Mi-ok says Min-jin got into someone else's car. But Yeon-hong believes Mi-ok was jealous of Min-jin and killed her.

Through her research, Yeon-hong learns more and more about Min-jin's life. She finds the hiding place of Min-jin and Mi-ok and comes across 100 million won by accident. When Mi-ok arrives, she tells her that Son So-ra is responsible for Min-jin's death. Min-jin and Mi-ok filmed the teacher in the car having sex with Min-jin's father Kim Jong-chan. They used the video to blackmail Son So-ra. As a result, they received the exams in advance. Later they wanted 100 million won. But with the money a killer was sent to kill them both. But he could only run over Min-jin. When the perpetrator wanted to take a photo as evidence for teacher Son, Mi-ok got into his car and found him. She hid Min-jin's body in the forest and took the perpetrator's smartphone with her.

Yeon-hong now takes it and finds out that her husband hired the killer. So-ra never told him it was his daughter who was blackmailing her. She wanted to see both of them suffer. Yeon-hong stun gun and beat and kick him. Then she uploads the sex tape to Noh Jae-soon's website.

reception

The Truth Beneath opened in South Korean cinemas on June 23, 2016 and received around 250,000 visitors.

Awards

Buil Film Award

  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

  • In the category of Best Director for Lee Kyoung-mi
  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin
  • In the category of 10 best films of the year

Korean Film Producers Association Award

  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin

Women in Film Korea Festival

  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin
  • In the category of Best Screenplay for Lee Kyoung-mi

Busan Film Critics Awards

  • In the Best Film category
  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin

Chunsa Film Awards

  • In the Best Actress category for Son Yejin
  • In the category of Best Screenplay for Lee Kyoung-mi

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Truth Beneath (2016). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed February 17, 2019 .