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The Wailing

From Na Hong-jin

With Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Jun Kunimura, Chun Woo-hee, Kim Hwan-hee

Year 2016

Duration 155 min.

Language Korean

Na Hong-jin’s supernatural masterpiece premiered in the official selection at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. THE WAILING “elevates genre cinema to a true art form,” according to Screen Anarchy, “while still being nothing for the faint of heart.”

A series of brutal attacks and gruesome murders shakes a small village in South Korea. Neighbors seemingly turn on one another for no apparent reason, attacking each other with horrifying violence. Village police officer Jong-goo tries to investigate, but there seems to be no explanation for the sudden wave of violence. Rumors and accusations quickly spread. Some claim that a Japanese hermit who has recently taken up residence in a cabin in the woods is behind the killings.

The situation threatens to spiral out of control when a demonic force takes possession of the police officer’s daughter. Desperate to save her, Jong-goo turns to a shaman for help, unleashing the true power of evil in the process…