The Uncle

The Uncle

Would you let me out of this hell?

2019 · 99 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery

The life of Ipse, a 19-year-old girl who cannot get out of her own bed due to psychological trauma, is as motionless as a plant. Having no family and no clue of her family's mysterious history, she lives completely dependent on her neighbors, but starts to feel suffocated under the abuse and the looks she gets as if she was something to be eaten up. One day, in the midst of her hellish everyday life, a stranger comes to her house.

Directed by Kim Hyoung Jin · Written by Kim Hyoung Jin

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Chung Ye-jin Ip-sae / Ip-sae's mother
Kang Shin-hyo Uncle
Kang Shin-chul Jo Kang-sik
Ko Kyu-pil Section Chief Kim
No Ji-yoo Ja-yeong
Jung Whee San-man

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