In the Absence
7.7
When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.
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Cast
13 people
Park Geun-hye
Self (archive footage)
Yoo An-sil
Self
Kim Sung-mook
Self
Jeon Gwang-geun
Self
Jeong Bu-ja
Self
Kim Soo-hyun
Self (archive footage)
Kim Kyung-il
Self (archive footage)
Kim Seok-kyun
Self (archive footage)
Park Young-sun
Self (archive footage)
Kim Ki-chun
Self (archive footage)
Kim Gwan-hong
Self (archive footage)
Kim Hye-yeon
Self
Yi Seung-jun Director · Hwang Myung-su Composer Park Bong-nam Cinematographer
United States release November 9, 2018 · Produced in South Korea · Production Bluebird Pictures
Production
Field of Vision
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Bluebird Pictures
Production
South Korea
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Original title
부재의 기억
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
United States · November 9, 2018
Premiere · DOC NYC
Netherlands
November 19, 2018 · Premiere · International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
South Korea
August 19, 2019 · Premiere · EBS International Documentary Festival
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