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
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.