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Released 8 years ago.
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"A week before the national bankruptcy."
2018 1h 54m KO
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★6.8TMDB · 66
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Synopsis
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Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
“A week before the national bankruptcy.”
Cast
Kim Hye-soo
Han Si-hyun
Yoo Ah-in
Yoon Jung-hak
Huh Joon-ho
Gap-su
Jo Woo-jin
Vice-Minister of Finance
Vincent Cassel
IMF Managing Director
Kim Hong-pa
New Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs
Uhm Hyo-seop
Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs
Kwon Hae-hyo
The President of the Bank
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Choi Kook-hee
- Writers
- Um Sung-min
- Languages
- Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Choi Kook-hee, shot by Choi Chan-min. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Choi Jung-in. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Shin Min-kyung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Ah-in and Huh Joon-ho carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A week before the national bankruptcy.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt7233726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Choi Kook-hee directs. Choi Chan-min behind the camera. Choi Jung-in scores. Shin Min-kyung cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 8 years ago.
- 2Directed by Choi Kook-hee, shot by Choi Chan-min. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Choi Jung-in. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Shin Min-kyung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Ah-in and Huh Joon-ho carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "A week before the national bankruptcy.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt7233726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 11 themes, including "bank", "based on true story", "finances", "economy".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Choi Chan-min
- Original score
- Choi Jung-in
- Editing
- Shin Min-kyung
- Production design
- Bae Jung-yoon
- Costume design
- Lee Eun-i
- Makeup / hair
- Kim Seo-young
- Sound
- Gang Hye-yeong
- Runtime
- 114 min · 1h 54m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- KO
- IMDB
- Default (2018)
Also by
Choi Kook-hee
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Zip Cinema
KR
CJ Entertainment
KR
Key crew
- Lighting ArtistCho Hyun-chul
- Digital IntermediatePark Jin-ho
- Lighting DirectorYou Seok-moon
- PropsJin Hoon
- VFX SupervisorJung Jae-hoon
- Martial Arts ChoreographerJeong Yoon-heon
- VFX ArtistLee Byeong-ju
- Assistant DirectorMoon Dae-young
- MusicianJeong Sang-woo
- Production Sound MixerPark Hyun-soo
- VFX SupervisorLee Ju-won
- Dialogue EditorYang Hye-jin
- Still PhotographerLee Jae-hyeok
- Camera OperatorKim Hyeong-seop
- EditorShin Min-kyung
- ProducerOh Hyo-jin
- Makeup & HairKim Seo-young
- ProducerSong Dae-chan
- VFX SupervisorPark Sung-jin
- Costume DesignLee Eun-i
- Sound DesignerGang Hye-yeong
- Costume DesignChae Kyung-hwa
- Sound SupervisorChoi Tae-young
- Production DesignBae Jung-yoon
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- bank
- based on true story
- finances
- economy
- financial crisis
- stock market
- government official
- economic crisis
- 1990s
- south korea
- seoul, south korea
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2019-01-17
Also known as
International titles
- Sovereign DefaultUS
- 국가부도의 날KR
- День национального банкротстваRU
- BöhranAZ
