The Truth Beneath: After an extremely close national assembly race, Jong-chan wins the nomination of his party. He and his wife Yeon-hong are fully committed to the campaign and when their teenager daughter Min-jin goes missing, Jong-chan convinces Yeon-hong not to notify the authorities fearing negative publicity. With the election imminent, Yeon-hong decides to look for her daughter, but instead uncovers a twisted series of conspiracy, secrets, and lies surrounding Min-jin’s disappearance.
- Movie: The Truth Beneath (English title) / There Is No Secret (literal title)
- Revised romanization: Bimileun Eobda
- Hangul: 비밀은 없다
- Director: Lee Kyoung-Mi
- Writer: Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jung Seo-Kyoung
- Producer: Kim Bo-Ram, Kim Yoon-Ho, Lee Mi-Young
- Cinematographer: Joo Sung-Rim
- Release Date: June 23, 2016
- Runtime: 102 min.
- Genre: Thriller
Synopsis
Yeon-Hong (Son Ye-Jin) is married to Jong-Chan (Kim Ju-Hyeok) and they have a teenage daughter Min-Jin (Shin Ji-Hoon). Jong-Chan worked as an announcer, but he is about to run for election as a National Assembly member. Yeon-Hong is enthusiastic to help her husband’s election campaign. On the first day of Jong-Chan’s campaign, their daughter Min-Jin goes missing.
Yeon-Hong becomes desperate to find Min-Jin. She is also devastated by her husband and those around him worrying more about his election campaign. Yeon-Hong begins a frantic search for clues on her daughter’s disappearance.
