After My Death (2017)

“Tomorrow people will ask you why I died, so make sure to tell them"

The story revolves around Yeong Hee who’s accused of being the main motive of Kyeong Min’s suicide and disappearance, making the whole school betray her by bullying and assaulting her. It also follows Kyeong Min’s mother who also blames Yeong Hee for her daughters death.
The movie touches on many negative subjects associated with high school students such as bullying and suicide.
STORY it was an extremely impactful story, it’s a movie that doesn’t hold back with the truth it gets to the nitty gritty of reality, throughout the movie it shows flashbacks of when Kyeong Min was still alive and shows the friendship between the two, the flashbacks were a key element to understanding the story better and adding significant backstory to the already heart wrenching story line
ACTING Can I just say the acting was phenomenal The actress of Kyeong Min’s mother showed the most prodigious acting in this movie, the amount of emotion displayed in her acting was breathtakingly melancholy, Also despite Yeong Hee’s character being quite an emotionless person the actress was superb at conveying emotions across to the audience.
MUSIC there was not a single piece of music played throughout not even at the ending, that is what I loved about this movie, the silent impact it left it made it seem real, in real life music won’t just overlay a moment, the silence made the atmosphere it didn’t need music to create an atmosphere it was already powerful, it also made it feel extremely realistic.
OVERALL I was really hesitant watching this movie due to the low score but I’m glad I gave it a chance, it isn’t lighthearted at the slightest, it shows real life social problems and people’s lives when they have no hope left,.

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“I really want to die first," said a girl. Her teacher reacted by hitting her head.

The story is about how people react after a girl died by suicide and her friend is suspected as the ‘culprit’. The plot focuses on this friend and how she copes all those blames plus there's the mother of the girl who died who feels so guilty and miserable.
Special props to Jeon Yeo-bin (as Young-hee) and Seo Young-hwa (as the mother) for amazing performances. Jeon Yeo-bin didn't exaggerate the emotion and frustration yet these two actresses perfectly display all the hurts just through their expression, to the point it made me speechless.

This is the movie I've been looking for: bitter and realistic. After My Death addreses multiple social issues around us like, how adults tend to underestimate suicidal teenagers, school bullying, and so on. It feels raw and relatable and I felt a strange feeling after watching this.
What I like more is the movie doesn't try to explain why the characters are suicidal. Everyone has complicated problems and accumulated stress that we will never fully understand. There's no a single, all-in-one, conclusive reason behind it that people like to guess.
After My Death has broadened my perspective and I’m grateful I watched this gem.

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suspenseful until the end

●This movie was a pretty dark and intense movie. It addresses issues of bullying, suicide, depression, S.Korean filmmakers are masters in creating such dark movies. But don’t take it in another manner, it is not talking about anti-bullying or suicide prevention, it goes ahead with the kid's trauma or more say psychological behavior where they lack care and think of suicide. it was more like aftereffects of an accident that pushed a girl to think of proving her innocence by taking her own life.

●I was surprised to see that it won so many awards because I felt there were some plot holes and loose ends. I really didn’t get why were these bits there.
1. A random student saying she wanted Kyung Min to die.
2. Come back the message in sign language, when it was decrypted it didn’t give any significance, it was just there intensifying the scene because no one understood except the audience.
3. The school girl implicating homeroom teacher.
4. Mother sits in the investigation process and also in statement recording of the witness. That really incorrect.
5. The homeroom teacher's behavior was very bad, he lacked compassion and there is no way to treat students with beatings.

●The movie had an open ending and it depends on the viewer's speculation. I felt like Kyung Min, lacked parental care and might have depression. Or her mother might have done something to her which lead her to take such a step. Or she might have been bullied in school.
●Young Hee's preferences might be one reason she had death thought because we know that society is unacceptable to new things.
●The acting was intense by the lead and being 28-year-old Jeon Yeo been as Young-hee just nailed it. she played well with her expressions without the dialogues. there are many dark dialogues she spoke which kind of gives a heavy blow in the heart.
Seo Young Hwa as Kyoung min's mom seemed like an adult bully who lost her child. and desperately wants her kid to be remembered. she performed finely showing the emotions of the mother.

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It's AMAZING!!

I could recommend this to anyone without hesitation. The story is EXCELLENT,AMAZING, FANTASTIC and also the cast. It feels so realistic. Eventhough it's almost 2 hour movie, it's not boring at all. It's a BIG 10 for me. You won't regret watching this guys, I'm telling you. Anyone who already watched this movie would totally agree and say " yeah b*tch! I feel you! I know right! INDEED!" woah!

*sorry for my wrong grammar

*after watching the movie*
me: WOWW!! I really love it!

I really can't describe, explain and tell about what and how I feel in this movie right now but it's totally AMAZING bro!
This movie goes on one of my toplist watched korean movies. I'm making a list. -skl

I REALLY LOVE THE CAST. I LOVE GL DRAMAS YOU KNOW. haahhaahha LOL. BUT I'M SHOOKT. I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS . This kind of story and plot. I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I REALLY LOVE THIS MOVIE. hart.x

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The film tells the story of what happens after the death of Kung Min. To be honest, overall this film was very drastic and from my perspective it felt so real. We see what happens to students and what consequences their words and deeds have. However, even though it's not shown explicitly, the way the story is shown indicates that it's from an adult's perspective. Why do I think so? Because throughout the video, things are shown that may have influenced Kyung Min, but there is no confirmation as to what actually made her act. The adults didn't really want to listen to Young Hee who might know something about the cause of Kyung Min's death. They just made up their own narrative to what she said. They completely ignored the fact that she mentioned her suicidal thoughts.

As viewers, we don't get a clear reason for what ultimately led to Kyung Min's death. It could have been many of the situations mentioned in the movie or something that has never been revealed.

Overall it's a good movie. Unfortunately, it was boring at times. The actors did a great job and the camera work is a big advantage for this film.

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