South Korea Synopsis
버티고
“A dizzying solitude on the edge of the skyscraper.”
Haunted by past wounds from her parents, Seo-young suffers from tinnitus and vertigo which started when she had moved to her new office in the sky a few months ago. Seo-young and Jin-su, the manager of the development team, are secretly dating, but becomes vulnerable to an unexpected provocation. Saddened by the death of his only sister, Gwan-woo navigates around a 70-story high-rise on ropes. While cleaning windows on ropes at Landmark Tower one day, Gwan-woo becomes intrigued in Seo-young who watches him in awe from the other side.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
272 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Vertigo sits at position #261.
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Vertigo premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,262 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (10th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #810 of 868 (top 93%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Film Dorothy, Triple Pictures, Finecut |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | October 17, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt11135842 |