Second Life

Second Life / Sunhee-wa Seulgi

South Korea / Color / 70' / 2018

Sun-hee, a high school girl, starts a small lie to attract attention from her friends. But when the truth gets out, her friends start to leave her out and avoid her. To get back at Jung-mi, who had been her closest friend, Sun-hee sets her up as a ring thief. Suffering greatly from rumors after the incident, Jung-mi ends up committing suicide. Sun-hee flees Seoul from the shock of witnessing Jung-mi’s death to the countryside where no one can find her. There, Sun-hee decides to live a new life in the name of Seul-ki.

Young-ju Park

Korean screenwriter and director. She graduated from Dongguk University, and is now studying at the Korean National University of Art. She has made the short films "Delivery Girl", "Counselor" and "1 Kilogram", which was officially selected for the 69th Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation. "Second Life" is her feature debut.


Cast & Crew

  • direction: Young-ju Park
  • Screenplay: Young-ju Park
  • Cinematography: Kyung-hyun Hwang
  • Editing: Byung-rok Kim
  • music: Yea-kyung Chung
  • Sound Design: Min-sup Lee
  • Film Cast: Da-eun Jung, Guk-hyang Jun, Soo-yeon Park, Yu-yeon Jeong
  • producer:: Se-min Ohá
  • original language:  Korean
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