If you loved Planet of Snail, try In the Absence

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Both films are directed by Yi Seung-jun, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Planet of Snail, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What In the Absence is

Vice meets tragedy. Families of ferry disaster victims seek justice. Carries the weight of a nation's grief.

If you loved Planet of Snail, try In the Absence

Planet of Snail

In the Absence

What they share

What In the Absence is

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If you loved Planet of Snail, try In the Absence

Planet of Snail

In the Absence

What they share

What In the Absence is

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