If you loved The King of Pigs, try The Fake

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.

What they share

Both films are directed by Yeon Sang-ho, and they both carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The King of Pigs, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Fake is

Rural village summer dusk a rusty gate creaks a convict returns home to torment his family a dark allegory typical of Yeon Sang-ho's era.

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