Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Korean
- Country
- Japan, South Korea
Why tonight?
- In Korean — subtitles on.
The story
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.
- suicide
- martial law
- reunion
- friends
- interrogation
- student protest
- gwangju uprising
- democratization movement
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Go Seo-hee — Kyeong-ah
- Kim In-kwon — Sergeant Lee
- Lee Dae-yeon — Detective Kang
- Gong Hyung-jin — Detective Song
- Kim Kyung-ik — Park Myung-sik
- Park Se-bum — Shin Kwang-man
- Jeong Woo-hyuk — Corporal Park
- Yoo Yeon-soo — Detective Lee
- Son Young-soon — Hong-ja's Mother
- Lee Jin-seong — Student
- Park Ji-yeong — Female Student
- Directed
- Lee Chang-dong
- Written
- Lee Chang-dong
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 294 ratings
- Studio
- East Film, Dream Venture Capital, NHK, UniKorea Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
