The Prayer
2021 · 79 min · ★ 6.3 · Science Fiction
Yeon Jeong In is the legal guardian of her mother, who is lying unconscious in a hospital bed for the past ten years. She feels exhausted from all of it and only has a care giving robot to rely on for support. Meanwhile, the care giving robot, Ho Joong, is conflicted over whom to save.
Directed by Min Kyu-dong · Written by Kim Ji-hee
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Lee You-young Gan Ho-joong / Yeon Jong-in -
Ye Su-jeong Sabina -
Yeom Hye-ran Choi Jung-gil -
Yoon Kyung-ho Mr. Choi -
Choi Byung-mo manager -
Moon Sook Mrs. Yeon -
Lee Yong-nyeo caretaker
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