Uahan Geojitmal

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Movie
Original title Uahan Geojitmal ( 우아한 거짓말 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2014
length 117 minutes
Rod
Director Lee Han
script Lee Sook-yeon
Lee Han
production Kim Jae-joong
Noh Bong-jo
Kim Dong-woo
music Lee Jaw-lin
camera Lee Seung-hyeob
cut Nam Na-yeong
occupation

Thread of Lies is a 2014 film by the South Korean director Lee Han . It is an adaptation of the novel Uahan Geojitmal (2009) by Kim Ryŏ-ryŏng . The film deals with the aftermath of the suicide of a 14-year-old girl. Kim Hyang-gi received the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actress for her role as Cheon-ji .

action

Hyun-sook is the widowed mother of two daughters and works in a supermarket. When the family is having breakfast together, their youngest daughter Cheon-ji asks for an MP3 player , since every child in her class has one. Hyun-sook is reluctant at first, but decides to buy something for her daughter while at work. Since the selection is so large, she calls her eldest daughter Man-ji, who is supposed to ask which MP3 player Cheon-ji wants. When Man-ji tries to contact Cheon-ji, she does not answer the phone. Shortly thereafter, it is clear that Cheon-ji suicide committed. The family does not find a suicide note.

After the surprise suicide, Hyun-sook decides to move to another apartment with her daughter. At school, Man-ji learns by chance that a classmate of Cheon-ji was wearing her school uniform. Man-ji is skeptical and follows up on her sister's death. She comes across Hwa-yeon, who is said to have been Cheon-ji's best friend. However, Man-ji quickly discovered that Hwa-yeon had always bullied her sister.

The film shows through many flashbacks the relationship between the protagonists and Cheon-ji. Different narrative threads show how guilt feelings develop in the characters. One day when Hyun-sook was crocheting , she found a piece of paper at the end of the wool. This turns out to be her daughter's farewell letter, the first of five. Hyun-sook quickly finds the ball of wool with the note for her daughter Man-ji. Man-ji then starts looking for the remaining three balls of wool. The third finds Mi-ran's sister Mi-ra. The letter is addressed to Hwa-yeon, who previously gave away the ball of yarn. Mi-ra shows her sister's letter when Man-ji suddenly appears. Mi-ra suspects where the fourth letter is, because she too received a ball of wool before Cheon-ji's death. Flashbacks show that Mi-ra became friends with Cheon-ji for a while. However, Mi-ra ended the friendship when she saw Cheon-ji's mother with her father, whereby Mi-ra disagrees with her father's relationship. However, Cheon-ji does not know anything about this relationship and cannot understand Mi-ras behavior.

Looking back, the viewer learns that Hyun-sook was informed about bullying by Hwa-yeon towards her daughter by a teacher and also spoke to Hwa-yeon's mother, who was disinterested in the subject. Hyun-sook has moved to be permanently close to Hwa-yeon and her daughter so that they are constantly confronted with feelings of guilt. Because of this and because of the mood in the school against Hwa-yeon, she ran away from home and no longer comes to school. Man-ji sees Hwa-yeon stealing plates from her family's restaurant. Man-ji follows her and learns that Hwa-yeon wants the restaurant to go bankrupt so the family will move away. Man-ji gives her the letter addressed to her and forgives Hwa-yeon for her sister's sake. She also wants to take care of Hwa-yeon so that she does not suffer the same fate as her sister. The film ends when Man-ji also finds her sister's last ball of yarn.

reception

Thread of Lies was released on March 13, 2014 in South Korean cinemas and reached around 680,000 viewers in the first week and number 1 in the box office. In total, the film reached 1,619,188 viewers in South Korea.

Richard Kuipers from Variety had a very positive review of the film. According to Kuipers, the subject of bullying has rarely, if ever, been investigated in such a forensically detailed manner with simultaneous consideration of the devastating emotional consequences. He praised the work of director Lee Han, which also contributed to the excellent performance of the predominantly female cast.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 역대 수상. In: Baeksang Arts Awards. Retrieved April 24, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Tae Sang-joon: Box Office: March 6-19, 2014. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. March 24, 2014, accessed April 25, 2015 .
  3. ^ Thread of Lies (2014). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved April 25, 2015 .
  4. ^ Richard Kuipers: Hong Kong Film Review: 'Thread of Lies'. In: Variety . March 28, 2014, accessed April 25, 2015 .