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Promotional poster for A Reason to Live |
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| Hangul | 오늘 |
| RR | Oneul |
| MR | Onŭl |
| Directed by | Lee Jeong-Hyang |
| Produced by | Four Seasons Sky Company |
| Starring | Song Hye-kyo Song Chang-ui |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 27 October 2011 |
| Running time | 119 mins |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
A Reason to Live (Hangul: 오늘; RR: Oneul; literal translation: Today) is a 2011 South Korean film by Lee Jeong-Hyang. It stars Song Hye-kyo as Da-Hae, a director who forgives a teenage boy for killing her fiancé, and Song Chang-ui as Sang-Ho.[1] It premiered at the 16th Busan International Film Festival on 27 October 2011.[2]
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Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (Song Hye-kyo) loses her fiance when he was knocked down by a motorbike by a hit and run teenage boy on her birthday. Based on her belief as a Catholic, she forgives him and signs a petition 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.[3]