Italy / Aug 30, 2012 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Jung is a mortician at the morgue, who has to rely heavily on medicine for his severe tuberculosis and arthritis. Despite his illness, cleaning and dressing the dead is a noble and even beautiful work. His life over there is both a reality and a fantasy while the corpses are his models and friends for his paintings, his sole living pleasure. Why this morbid hobby? Jung was adopted by a horrible woman who used him as a slave for her dress shop. The natural son of the woman is younger than Jung and has a strange desire. He wants to transform his male body into a female one. Despite the love and hate relationship Jung has with his brother and burdened with the weight of life and the difficulties he has to deal with at his job, Jung endures the pain and prepares a last gift for his brother...
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 무게 |
| Original language | 한국어/조선말 (KO) |
| Spoken languages | 한국어/조선말 |
| Production countries | South Korea |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Next Entertainment World, TreeFilm |
| Release date | 10 aprile 2013 |
| Writer | Jeon Kyu-hwan |
| Editing | Kim Mi-young |
| Cinematography | Kim Nam-gyun |
| Assistant directors | Jeon Kyu-hwan |
| Camera operators | Kim Nam-gyun |
| Additional photography | Kim Nam-gyun |
| Production design | Jang Seok-jin |
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| Art direction | Jang Seok-jin |
| Set decoration | Jang Seok-jin |
| Special effects | Hong Jang-pyo |
| Visual effects | Hong Jang-pyo |
| Costume design | Choi Yeong-sim |
| Makeup | Choi Yeong-sim |
| Hairstyling | Choi Yeong-sim |
Release dates
Premiere
Germany / Sep 27, 2013 / Hamburg Film Festival
Theatrical release
Belgium / Apr 10, 2013
South Korea / Nov 07, 2013 / 18
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