Revelations director Yeon Sang-ho on his new Netflix movie and how desire shapes beliefs
By Baek Byung-yeul
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Renowned for exploring complex social issues in productions such as Train to Busan and Hellbound, director Yeon Sang-ho returns with the Netflix movie Revelations.
The movie delves into the dangerous consequences of selective belief in contemporary society.
'Nowadays, people only want to see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. That's why things like this are happening in Korea right now,' Yeon said in an interview this week.
'Coincidentally, the timing of
Revelations coming out makes me feel that this work was born from this era.'
Revelations tells the story of pastor Sung Min-chan (Ryu Jun-yeol), who believes he is acting on divine revelation to punish an ex-convict in a missing-person case, and detective Lee Yeon-hui (Shin Hyun-been), who is haunted by her deceased sibling's visions as she investigates the same case.
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