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The Call

Original title: Kol
  • 20202020
  • 1515
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Park Ho-San, Sung-ryung Kim, Park Shin-Hye, Oh Jeong-Se, Lee El, Dong-hwi Lee, and Jeon Jong-seo in Kol (2020)
Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.
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Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
29K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,688
90
  • Director
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Writers
    • Sergio Casci(based on an original screenplay by)
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Stars
    • Park Shin-Hye
    • Jeon Jong-seo
    • Sung-ryung Kim
Top credits
  • Director
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Writers
    • Sergio Casci(based on an original screenplay by)
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Stars
    • Park Shin-Hye
    • Jeon Jong-seo
    • Sung-ryung Kim
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 336User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations

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    Park Shin-Hye
    Park Shin-Hye
    • Seo-yeonas Seo-yeon
    Jeon Jong-seo
    Jeon Jong-seo
    • Young-sookas Young-sook
    Sung-ryung Kim
    Sung-ryung Kim
    • Seo-yeon's motheras Seo-yeon's mother
    Lee El
    Lee El
    • Young-sook's motheras Young-sook's mother
    Park Ho-San
    Park Ho-San
    • Seo-yeon's fatheras Seo-yeon's father
    Moon Chang-gil
    Moon Chang-gil
    • Junk collectoras Junk collector
    Oh Jeong-Se
    Oh Jeong-Se
    • Sung-hoas Sung-ho
    Kyeong-sook Jo
    • Sun-heeas Sun-hee
    • (as Kyung-Sook Jo)
    Eugene Ko
    Eugene Ko
    • Min-hyunas Min-hyun
    • (voice)
    Grace Lynn Kung
    Grace Lynn Kung
    • Young-sook's motheras Young-sook's mother
    • (voice)
    Ryu Kyung-Soo
    Ryu Kyung-Soo
    • Junior police officeras Junior police officer
    Dong-hwi Lee
    Dong-hwi Lee
    • Baek Mi-hyunas Baek Mi-hyun
    Jonny Siew
    Jonny Siew
    • Sung-hoas Sung-ho
    • (voice)
    Yo-sep Song
    • Police officeras Police officer
    Chae-Young Um
    • Seo-yeon (young)as Seo-yeon (young)
    • Director
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • Writers
      • Sergio Casci(based on an original screenplay by)
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Seo-yeon, 28, takes the train to the South Korean countryside to visit her hospitalized mom. Having lost her smartphone on the train, she finds a phone in her mom's house. She finds a hidden basement and Young-sook's 20 year old/Nov.1999 diary when she, too, was 28. Her shaman stepmom believes her stepdaughter will become a serial killer if let out and is very cruel to her. The two 28 y.o. women start talking together on the same phone in the same house but separated by 20 years. Can Seo-yeon's dad, who died then, be saved? Can history be changed? Should it? —Scott Filtenborg
    time traveltelephone terrorpresentpolice officerborderline personality disorder24 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Genres
      • Crime
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Sci-Fi
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • 15
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In 1999, Young-sook says she is 28 and was born in 1972. This is due to the unique age-calculating-system used in Korea. When a Korean baby is born, they already one years old.
    • Goofs
      The post credits scene reveals old Young-sook had called her younger self to warn her she might die, however, she couldn't make the call from the future if she had died in the past. If young Young-sook did survive, then the mother wouldn't blink away from existence, she wouldn't exist to begin with, and old Young-sook wouldn't have disappeared when she tried to kill adult Seo-yeon.
    • Connections
      References The Shining (1980)

    User reviews336

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    Top review
    7/10
    slow but kept me interested
    It was slow but the acting was suburb on all accounts and Hye showed she can do more then rom coms, she was excellent, the filming was also done well its not a cheap made horror movie.So at the end its not really over when the credits come up if you care to see it all, set up for a sequel i think
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    • backnblack-06123
    • Nov 27, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 2020 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Netflix
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Call
    • Filming locations
      • South Korea
    • Production company
      • Yong Film
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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