El teléfono

Seoul, rainy night, a landline rings. A woman in 1999 and another in 2019, connected by a mysterious call, two lives intertwined. This tight thriller works best when viewed in a single, uninterrupted sitting.

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Lee Chung-hyun directed El teléfono in 2020. See Lee Chung-hyun's full filmography, where to start with Lee Chung-hyun, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lee Chung-hyun.

El teléfono was released in 2020 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.