The Weight

"The Weight" is a powerful and poignant drama that follows the life of Jung, a mortician who finds solace in his work at a morgue despite his own physical struggles with tuberculosis and arthritis. Born with a hunchback and adopted by a cruel woman who used him as a child slave, Jung finds comfort in his daily routine of cleaning and dressing the dead bodies that he encounters. But his life is disrupted by the return of his adopted brother, Dong-bae, who has a strange desire to transform his male body into a female one. As Jung struggles to come to terms with his own feelings towards Dong-bae and the weight of life and death that he carries every day, he secretly prepares a final gift for his brother that will change their lives forever. With a cast of talented actors and a thought-provoking storyline, "The Weight" is a movie that will leave you moved and inspired.

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