Eyelids (film)

Eyelids
Directed by	O Muel
Produced by	Kwon Mi-hui
Written by	O Muel
Starring	Moon Seok-beom Lee Sang-hee Sung Min-chul Lee Ji-hoon Kang Hee
Music by	Jung Chae-woong
Cinematography	Sung Min-chul
Edited by	O Muel
Release dates	October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) (World Premiere at BIFF)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Eyelids (Hangul: 눈꺼풀) is a 2015 South Korean drama starring Moon Seok-beom. 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Moon Seok-beom as old man
• Lee Sang-hee
• Sung Min-chul
• Lee Ji-hoon
• Kang Hee

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	20th Busan International Film Festival	CGV Arthouse Award	Eyelids	Won
		DGK Award		Won

External links

• Eyelids at the Korean Movie Database
• Eyelids at IMDb
• Eyelids at HanCinema