Thread of Lies
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| Directed by | Lee Han |
| Produced by | Kim Jae-joong Noh Bong-jo Kim Dong-woo |
| Written by | Lee Sook-yeon Lee Han |
| Based on |
Elegant Lies by Kim Ryeo-ryeong |
| Starring |
Kim Hee-ae Go Ah-sung Kim Hyang-gi Kim Yoo-jung |
| Music by | Lee Jaw-lin |
| Cinematography | Lee Seung-hyeob |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
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Production
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Ubu Film, Movie Rock
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| Distributed by |
CGV Movie Collage (domestic) CJ Entertainment (international) |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$1.96 million |
| Box office | US$14,121,339 |
Thread of Lies (Hangul: 우아한 거짓말; RR: Uahan Geojitmal; lit. Elegant Lies) is a 2014 South Korean film based on the 2009 bestselling novel Elegant Lies by Kim Ryeo-ryeong. Directed by Lee Han, it starred Kim Hee-ae (in her first film in 21 years),Go Ah-sung,Kim Hyang-gi and Kim Yoo-jung.
Thread of Lies deals with the aftermath of a suicide by a 14-year-old girl. The nonlinear narrative follows her mother and older sister who set out to solve the mystery of her death, insinuating themselves into the life of the girl who bullied her.
Hyun-sook (Kim Hee-ae) is a widowed single mother who is raising two teenage daughters while working at a big grocery store. One day, her youngest child, 14-year-old Cheon-ji (Kim Hyang-gi) suddenly commits suicide by hanging without even leaving a note. To Hyun-sook and her older daughter Man-ji (Go Ah-sung), Cheon-ji was the sweet child of the family who rarely complained and studied hard, while always trying to comfort her hardworking, often-weary mother. Struggling with guilt and anger, and not knowing why Cheon-ji chose to kill herself, the two women wonder whether there was something they missed or something they could have said or done. Flashbacks of Cheon-ji's past show that she had been the victim of cruel acts of bullying at her middle school, led by Hwa-yeon (Kim Yoo-jung), the prettiest and most popular girl in class whose true callous and manipulative nature hides a tortured soul.
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