Hide and Seek
숨바꼭질

  • Cast

    Son Hyun-joo, Moon Jung-hee, Chun Mi-sun

  • Runtime

    107 mins

  • Cert

    15

Hide & Seek is the stunning debut film from director Huh
Jung. The film, a small-budget thriller, has yielded huge rewards at the Korean box office and secured a bright future for
the filmmaker. Though the talent behind and in front of the
camera may not be of the highest profile Korea has to offer,
the festival chose the film as its Opening Gala to showcase a
new filmmaking talent and expose UK audiences to the freshest cinema the country has to offer.

From the outside, café owner, Sung-soo lives an ideal life. He has a
beautiful family, and a sumptuous home. But something is not quite right
as Sung-soo battles with a past he tries to forget and a growing obsessive compulsive disorder. Sung-soo’s comfortable life is shaken when he learns
of his brother’s disappearance, he and his family visit the rundown apartment outside of Seoul. Sung-soo soon realises that something is not right
from the agitated neighbours and strange symbols found around the com-
plex. Eager to leave he and his family return to Seoul to find that they did
not come back alone.

With a banner year for the Korean box office, Hide & Seek is the breakout film of 2013. The film attracted a massive 5 million plus viewers with
its quintessential Korean thriller flavour and masterful storytelling from its
debut filmmaker, Huh Jung, and fantastic cast.