In the Absence

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.

Cast

Park Geun-hye

as Self (archive footage)

Yoo An-sil

as Self

Kim Sung-mook

as Self

Jeon Gwang-geun

as Self

Jeong Bu-ja

as Self

Kim Soo-hyun

as Self (archive footage)

Kim Kyung-il

as Self (archive footage)

Kim Seok-kyun

as Self (archive footage)

Park Young-sun

as Self (archive footage)

Kim Ki-chun

as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

There is something really quite bizarre, almost sedate, about watching the first fifteen minutes or so of this documentary. We witness a ferry - the "Sewol" - that is clearly listing and is surrounded by ships of all sizes, but that is still more or less fully occupied by most of it's 476 passengers...

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