Missing
Year: 2016
Runtime: 100 mins
Language: Korean
Director: E.oni
A working single mother’s life is thrown into turmoil when she returns home to discover her daughter and nanny are missing. What begins as a frantic search quickly escalates into a terrifying ordeal as she desperately chases leads and confronts a growing sense of dread over the whereabouts of her child. The search reveals unsettling clues and forces her to confront hidden dangers.
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