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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
La
1998 0h 26m KO
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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A young man tunes his guitar while holding a telephone, having learned from his teacher that the beep sound of the phone is the same note as the “la” tone of the music scale. Having been discharged from the army following an accident that left him unfit for duty, he now picks up the phone for reasons other than social connection.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lee Soo-youn
- Writers
- Lee Soo-youn
- Languages
- Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lee Soo-youn directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 26 min · 0h 26m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- KO
Also by
Lee Soo-youn
Production companies
Who made it
Korean Academy of Film Arts
KR
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- suffering
- loneliness
- young man
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1998-01-01· Busan International Film Festival
