The Prayer

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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