Written and directed by O Muel, it follows an old man living a monk-like ascetic life on an island.
Feeling frustrated and powerless while watching the news coverage in the aftermath of the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16, 2014, O wrote the script in three days to offer a way to console the souls of the dead.
It made its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in 2015 and won the CGV Arthouse Award and DGK Award.
[2][3][4][5] An old man (Moon Seok-beom) living a monk-like ascetic life on an island.
A phone rings, followed by a visitor for whom the man prepares the rice cakes, the last meal before the visitor journeys to the next world.