Secret Sunshine

(2007)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 242 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2007

Runtime: 143 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: Ли Чхан-дон

Cast: Чон До-ён, Сон Кан Хо, 조영진, 선정엽, 김영재, Пак Мён Щин, Чха Ми-кёнг, 오만석, Чан Хе-джин, Ли Сон-мин

Plot

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

When her husband passes away in an automobile accident,Shin-ae relocates down south to her late husband's hometown of Miryang. Despite her efforts to settle down, in this unfamiliar and "much too normal place, she finds that she can't quite fit in. Helping her out is Kim Jong-chan, a good-intentioned but bothersome bachelor, who owns a car repair shop. Life plods on. However, fate takes a vicious turn when Shin-ae loses her son in the most horrific way a mother could imagine. She turns to Christianity to relieve the pain in her heart, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.