The Golden Holiday (2020) on Netflix
Detective Hong Byeong-soo takes his family to the Philippines for his tenth anniversary, secretly meaning to find Yong-bae, the friend who cheated him. In Manila he becomes a murder suspect.
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Plot summary
Hong Byeong-soo works as a detective in Daecheon. For his tenth wedding anniversary he takes his family to the Philippines, and the trip is the first the family has made there. He also has a purpose he keeps to himself: Yong-bae, an old friend, took his money years ago and vanished, and Byeong-soo means to find him. In Manila a killing makes Byeong-soo the man accused of it, so he begins investigating the case himself to prove his innocence. A tourist guide called Man-cheol assists him, and the inquiry does not go smoothly.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Golden Holiday (2020)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- More than 80% of the film was shot in the Philippines in 2018, then under the title 'Package', with many local residents taking part. During the shoot the crew ran into typhoons and heatwaves and struggled to find locations and personnel.
- After the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the release from the first half of 2020 to August and then to the Chuseok holiday in September, the editing was revised to focus on events rather than the characters' emotions, to suit a family movie.
