SOUTH KOREA · 2013

Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho
class struggle dystopian survival revolution environmental apocalypse social hierarchy
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In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Year2013
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorBong Joon-ho
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