What if reading fast was the ultimate flex? This 19-minute obsession hits different.
Seoul, 1989. Jung-min wants to become a speed-reading prodigy, just like Dong-hyun—the coolest guy in town, who can finish an entire book in just 60 seconds!
Direction
Oh Jiin crams a feature's worth of style into nineteen minutes.
Production
1989 Seoul recreated with obsessive period detail.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts that mirror the protagonist's manic energy.
Director
Oh Jiin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1989 South Korea was obsessed with educational competition—speed-reading academies were briefly a genuine craze.
The film's runtime mirrors its subject: Oh Jiin forces viewers to experience the pressure of compressed time themselves.
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