In the Absence (2018)

11/09/2018 (KR) • 29m

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Park Geun-hye

Self (archive footage)

Kim Soo-hyun

Self (archive footage)

Kim Kyung-il

Self (archive footage)

Kim Seok-kyun

Self (archive footage)

Park Young-sun

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

disaster

ferry

ship wreck

sewol

south korea

short film

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