''Eyelids'' () is a 2015 South Korean drama starring Moon Seok-beom. Written and directed by
O Muel, it follows an old man living a monk-like ascetic life on an island. Feeling frustrated and powerless while watching the news coverage in the aftermath of the
Sewol ferry disaster on April 16, 2014, O wrote the script in three days to offer a way to console the souls of the dead. It made its world premiere at the
20th Busan International Film Festival
The 20th Busan International Film Festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most signifi ...
in 2015 and won the CGV Arthouse Award and DGK Award.
Plot
An old man (Moon Seok-beom) living a monk-like ascetic life on an island. A phone rings, followed by a visitor for whom the man prepares the rice cakes, the last meal before the visitor journeys to the next world.
Cast
*Moon Seok-beom as old man
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Lee Sang-hee
General (Ret.) Lee Sang-hee (born 1945), ROKA, was the 32nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the 41st Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense.
General Lee graduated from the Republic of Ko ...
*Sung Min-chul
*Lee Ji-hoon
*Kang Hee
Awards and nominations
References
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2015 films
2010s Korean-language films
South Korean drama films
Films directed by O Muel
2010s South Korean films
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