A 30-year mystery wrapped in a love triangle with a revolution. Your mom's secrets hit different.
When his mother goes missing, Lee Ho-yeon sets out to search for her. In the course of that journey, he discovers his parents' pasts during the democracy protests of the 1980s when student activists rose up against the repressive Chun Doo-hwan regime. Reading a book written by his mother, Ho-yeon uncovers a story of hope, love and betrayal, and struggles to understand painful secrets that have been hidden away for thirty years.
Acting
Jang He-ryung and Park Mi-hyeon's twin Eun-sook performances are devastating.
Direction
Leesong Hee-il threads 1983 and present without losing emotional clarity.
Writing
The 'fraktsiya' reveal recontextualizes every earlier scene.
Director
Leesong Hee-il
Yoon Park
Swallow
Woo Ji-hyun
Ho-yeon
Park Mi-hyeon
Eun-sook
Jang He-ryung
Eun-sook (young)
Lee Dae-yeon
Hyun-soo
Park So-jin
Eun-mi
Yoo In-soo
Hyun-soo (young)
Park Myung-shin
Jin-gyeong
Jeon Soo-jin
Jin-gyeong (young)
Park Soo-young
Manager Kim
Jung Seung-kil
Tae-mok
Jang Liu
Woman staff
Hwang Ki-seok
Sang-woo
Kim Hyeon-mok
Tae-mok (young)
Kim Eung-soo
Jung-bae
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'fraktsiya' system forced activists into fake marriages to avoid police surveillance, destroying real queer relationships.
Leesong Hee-il's first film since 2014 continues his focus on queer Korean men navigating political and personal secrecy.
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