Antarctic Journal

What it’s about

Choi Do-hyung leads a Korean expedition aiming to be the first to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility without outside support. Each member drags about 100 kilograms of gear across the ice. On the 21st day, they find the travel diary of a British expedition that passed through 80 years earlier. Kim Min-jae, the youngest member, notices that the drawings in the diary strangely resemble the members of their own expedition. Strange things begin to happen to the group, and as problems mount, Choi's desire to reach the pole grows stronger.

What hooks you

Directed by Yim Pil-sung with a screenplay co-written by Bong Joon-ho, the film stars Song Kang-ho as expedition leader Choi Do-hyung and Yoo Ji-tae as Kim Min-jae. The score is by Kenji Kawai.

Who it’s for

It suits viewers who like psychological thrillers set in extreme environments, where isolation and cold amplify paranoia and the line between reality and delusion blurs.