2024 · mystery · thriller
Hidden Face
Directed by Kim Dae-woo1h 53m2024
Su-yeon, a cellist in an orchestra led by her fiancé and conductor Sung-jin, disappears one day, leaving behind only a video recording. Sung-jin is devasted over the loss of Su-yeon, but feels a strong attraction to Mi-ju, a cellist who fills in for his fiancée. Then one rainy night, Sung-jin and Mi-ju get swept away by their mutual desires for each other and commit an unforgivable act at Su-yeon's house.
Our read: Hidden Face (2024) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured mystery / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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