Set Me Free (Movie - 2014)

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108min | Release date in South Korea : 2014/11/13

Synopsis
"Well, someone's living with a lot of pain..."

The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He's old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.
On bended knee, he tells everyone at the reform banquest how much he'd like to get married and lead a model life, but he can't count on other people, gradually betrayed one by one by his friends. 'Yeong-jae's father seeks him out and he provides some entertainment for the unwanted guest.
'Yeong-jae' is outraged to discover that he's trying to abandon his younger sibling and explodes in revenge...
"...kill the unworthy father, into the embrace of the unknown mother, please hold me."

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Choi Wooshik
최우식
As
Yeong-jae
(영재)
Kim Soo-hyun-IX
김수현
As
Yeong-jae's father
(영재부)
Kang Shin-chul
강신철
As
Director's father
(원장부)
Shin Jae-ha
신재하
As
Beom-tae
(범태)
Park Joo-hee
박주희
As
Yoon-mi
(윤미)
Lee Min-ah
이민아
As
Director's mother
(원장모)

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[HanCinema's Busan International Film Festival Movie Review] "Set Me Free"
2014/10/12
Yeong-jae (Choi Wooshik) is seventeen, and he's not actually an orphan. His parents, though they now live separately, are alive and well and Yeong-jae even has a younger brother who idolizes him. To most people this doesn't sound like the kind of familial situation that necessitates Yeong-jae live in a group home. But what's worse than that is Yeong-jae himself knows this, and as part of his constant urge to survive, he plays up his repentance and fear at every possible opportunity to keep from getting kicked out,...More

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2014/10/12
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CJ Entertainment (CJ Entertainment)

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Kim Tae-hyoung (김태형)
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108 min

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Airing dates : 2014/11/13

South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr

As of 2014.12.07 : 21 937 admissions (total)

As of 2014.11.30 : 20 952 admissions (total)

As of 2014.11.23 : 17 571 admissions (total)

As of 2014.11.16 : 9 971 admissions (total)

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