Influenza
Short Films and Mid-Lengths
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27m
Directed by Bong Joon-ho | 28 mins | 2004
Completed by South Korean director Bong between "Memories of Murder" (2003) and "The Host" (2006) but never before released, Influenza captures the downward spiral of an unemployed 31-year-old man through Seoul's omnipresent CCTVs and observation cameras.
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