| Cast |
|---|
| Park Hae-il, Lee Min-ji, Park Sae-jong |
| Producer |
| Heo E. K. |
| Cinematography |
| Baek Moon-su |
| Editing |
| Jo Sung-hee |
| Scriptwriter |
| Jo Sung-hee |
| Contact |
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Jo Sung-Hee END OF ANIMAL Swiss Premiere
Section
international competition
Genre
Arthouse / SF
Country
KR
Length
114 minutes
On a cold day, Sun-young takes a taxi on the long road that will lead her to her mother’s home, where she is supposed to give birth. This shy woman is surely delighted with the idea, especially considering that the hitchhiker picked up by her driver along the road is very unpleasant with her. He seems to know everything about her, and among other crazy things, he starts a strange countdown that is followed by a flash, a deafening noise, and finally a blackout... When she wakes up, Sun-young is alone. The electricity no longer works and frightening moans come from the woods. The world has been stricken by a sort of apocalypse, and the survivors that Sun-young encounters do not offer much help, rather the contrary... End of Animal tackles in a creative way the end of the world theme. Without any over-the-top special effects, the film traps the viewer in a frozen time-space that is both a delight and a test for our nerves. All in all, a nightmarish, catastrophic film, radically opposed to Armageddon and other big-budget Hollywood blockbusters.