
Duk-bae is a seasoned Dasiraegi performer who puts on a stage play-like ritual that ushers the dead into the next life and comforts the bereaved family. His estranged daughter Su-nam comes back home with her child Flower when she hears of her grandmother’s passing after leaving Jindo 20 years ago. Flower is initially scared of her grandfather, but Duk-bae soon opens his heart to the little girl. Su-nam’s trauma kicks in whenever she hears cicadas' crying that she heard when she witnessed her mother committing suicide as a child. Finally, Duk-bae begins the last Dasiraegi of his life to save Su-nam who has been driven to the cliff of life without any hope.
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Lee Yang-hee
Duk-bae

Joo Bo-bi
Su-nam

Seo Yeon-woo
Ggot-ha-na

Heo Jin
Wang Mae-ja

Song Yong-sik
Moong-tae

Kwon Jae-hwan
Hak-su

Jo Kyung-hyun
Sang-gu

Park Do-young
Yeong-mi

Park Won-suk
Pan-seok

Song Ga-in
Self

#BIFF2020 Korean Cinema Today Panorama - CICADA / 한국영화의 오늘 파노라마 - 매미소리