Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.
Acting
Jeon Jong-seo's Young-sook is unhinged brilliance — Oscar robbed.
Direction
Lee Chung-hyun's debut feature? Unfairly confident visual storytelling.
Editing
Seamless cross-timeline cuts that build to absolute chaos.
Director
Lee Chung-hyun
Park Shin-hye
Seo-yeon
Jeon Jong-seo
Young-sook
Kim Sung-ryung
Eun-ae
Lee El
Ja-ok
Park Ho-san
Mr. Kim
Oh Jung-se
Seong-ho
Lee Dong-hwi
Baek Min-hyun
Um Chae-young
Young Seo-yeon
Jo Kyung-sook
Sun-hee
Kim Min-ha
Young Sun-hee
Moon Chang-gil
Junk Dealer
Ryu Kyung-soo
Junior Police
Song Yo-sep
Senior Police
Lee Zoo-young
Woman Who Picked Up a Phone (voice)
Park Hyoung-soo
Man Who Picked Up a Phone (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a remake of the 2011 British film 'The Caller,' but Lee Chung-hyun completely reimagined the third act — the original has nowhere near this level of temporal carnage.
The house itself is a character: traditional Korean architecture versus modern renovation literally represents the two eras bleeding into each other. That red phone? Pure visual prophecy.
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