A Reason to Live (Korean: 오늘; RR: Oneul; lit. "Today") is a 2011 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong-hyang.[2][3][4] It stars Song Hye-kyo as a director who forgives a teenage boy for killing her fiancé.[5] It premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival,[6][7][8] and was released in theaters on October 27, 2011.[9] It received 131,194 admissions.[10]
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Directed by | Lee Jeong-hyang |
Written by | Lee Jeong-hyang |
Produced by | Hwang Woo-hyun Hwang Jae-woo Terence Chang |
Starring | Song Hye-kyo Nam Ji-hyun |
Cinematography | Kim Hyeong-ju |
Edited by | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
Music by | Kim Dae-hong Kim Yang-hui |
Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$365,190[1] |
Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (Song Hye-kyo) loses her fiancé by a hit and run accident on her birthday. But she forgives the criminal who was a 15-year-old boy based on her belief as a Catholic and signs a petition for him to revoke the juvenile's death penalty. One year later, Da-hae is commissioned by the Catholic Church to make a documentary on the inhumanity of capital punishment. However, her moral convictions and desire to be compassionate are seriously questioned when she finds out that the teenage driver killed a classmate, not long after his reprieve.[11][12]