Water Lilies
6.8
Hyo-won, who dreams of becoming an actress, arrives at Seoul city after running away from country home with Eun-seo, who dropped out of high school. They are excited with their own hopes for the future. Hyo-won starts taking acting lessons from leading actor Su-yeon to become a member of the theater company. Eun-seo starts to work at a shabby restaurant when Hyo-won's lesson fee is urgent. Su-yeon teaches Hyo-won. Acting... It's about fully understanding and expressing other people's pain. But Hyo-won doesn't understand Eun-seo's pain. The same goes for Eun-seo. Life is full of questions for them
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Cast
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Lee Chan-ho Director · Park Jung-bum Writer Hwang Nak-won Cinematographer
Budget $100K · United States release October 11, 2024 · Produced in South Korea
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Budget
$100,000
Production
Secondwind Film
Production
South Korea
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Original title
수련
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
United States · October 11, 2024
Premiere · Louisville's International Festival of Film
South Korea · August 19, 2026
Theatrical
Bulgaria
June 14, 2025 · Premiere · International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films
India
December 5, 2024 · Premiere · Kolkata International Film Festival
Mexico
November 7, 2024 · Premiere · International Moving Film Festival
Russia
April 18, 2025 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
South Korea
August 15, 2025 · Premiere · Mokpo National Road 1 Independent Film Festival
Spain
November 7, 2024 · Premiere · Girona Film Festival
Uruguay
October 12, 2024 · Premiere · Salto Independent Film Festival
Venezuela
January 20, 2025 · Premiere · Caribbean Sea International Film Festival
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