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. Directed by Choi Jin-sung, it premiered in the New Currents section of the 18th Busan International Film Festival and was released in theaters on November 7, 2013.

Plot

Yoon-soo was once a student at one of the best high schools in

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, but a trivial remark he made turns into a vicious rumor that leads his friend to commit

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. Unable to bear the guilt, Yoon-soo attempts to kill himself. To help him recover, his family moves to Ijeon-li, a snow-covered village on a mountain. On the day of the move, Yoon-soo sees a mysterious young girl skating by herself on the frozen lake. Having started school in this small, rural town, Yoon-soo slowly finds peace within. Despite the villagers' kindness and his peers' ongoing fascination with him as a cool guy from the city, he keeps to himself. There is, however, one girl who gets Yoon-soo's attention: the class outcast Hae-won. The aloof Hae-won, who lives alone with her mentally disabled father, is viewed as a pariah by the entire village and constantly at the center of the townsfolk's gossip. As if seeing himself in her, he offers her sympathy and warmth, and Hae-won slowly opens up to him, feeling that he's the only one who understands and accepts her. But soon, Yoon-soo also becomes consumed by the brutal rumors surrounding Hae-won.

Cast

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as Seo Yoon-soo *

as Eun Hae-won *Moon Chang-gil as Yang Yi-chang (village foreman) *Lee Jang-yoo as Duk-man *Jo Han-chul as Doctor *Woo Jung-gook as Kim Soon-kyung *Park Jin-woo as Man-suk *

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as Teacher *Jung Doo-gyum as Seo Yoon-soo's father *Joo Yoo-rang as Seo Yoon-soo's mother *

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as Ji-yeon *

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as Young-jae *

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as Hyung-joon *Kim Kwang-seop as Kwang-seop *Lee Tae-hee as Young-joon *Chun Jung-ha as Young-joon's mother *Heo Tae-kyung as Yang Yi-chang's wife *Han Hee-jung as Seoul School home room teacher *

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as Math teacher *

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as Myung-kwan ( cameo) *

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as Young-joon's father ( cameo)

References

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