Memento Mori (1999) on Netflix
R19991h 37m
Min-ah finds a diary kept by two senior girls, Hyo-shin and Shi-eun, whose closeness their classmates refuse to accept. As Shi-eun pulls away, Min-ah is drawn into what the pair wrote.
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Plot summary
In an all-girls high school, two seniors, Hyo-shin and Shi-eun, keep one diary between them, a record of their bond. The pair are romantically involved, and their classmates' refusal to accept them leaves both girls on the margins. Worn down by the pressure, Shi-eun begins to keep her distance from Hyo-shin, who grows more dependent on her and takes the change as rejection. Min-ah, a classmate of Shi-eun's, finds the diary. Through its pages she gains insight into a relationship the school condemns, and reading it seems to stir hallucinations she cannot account for. She becomes increasingly invested in the two girls.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Memento Mori (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Memento Mori was one of the first South Korean commercial films to depict lesbian characters, though the attitudes of the time limited how widely it could be seen, all the more so because its controversial themes were aimed at a teenage audience.
