| Height of the Wave | |||||||||
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| Producer: | Oh Ji-yoon | ||||||||
| Starring: | Lee Seung-yeon | ||||||||
| Music: | Yang Jung-won | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Park Jong-chul | ||||||||
| Editing: | Cho Hyun-joo | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 110 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||
Height of the Wave is a 2019 South Korean drama film directed by Park Jung-bum. It was first aired as part of tvN's 2019 Drama Stage television series. Unlike the television drama, the newly edited film features the guilt and greed between the characters.[1] It premiered at the 20th Jeonju International Film Festival on 3 May 2019.[2] It made its international premiere and won the Special Jury Prize in the International Competition section of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival in August 2019.[3]
Police Officer Yeon-soo (Lee Seung-yeon) is dispatched to an island with her daughter after her divorce. When she witnesses the strange relationship between orphan Ye-eun and the island workers in the closed island village community, it terrifies her.[4]