Grim reapers and bucket lists in A Week Before I Die
by Jenzy
What would you do with one week left to live? In TVING’s upcoming youth fantasy drama A Week Before I Die, Kim Min-ha (Pachinko) must decide how to make the most of her life when given a delayed death sentence from her personal grim reaper Gong Myung (Lovers of the Red Sky).
At only the tender age of twenty-four, Jung Hee-wan (Kim Min-ha) has no desire to live. Six years ago, her closest friend and first love Kim Ram-woo (Gong Myung) died in an accident, and that tragedy led her down a road of isolation and apathy to where we meet her present day living a life of a recluse.
But her bubble gets burst one day when a grim reaper shows up at her door, and not just any grim reaper either — it’s Ram-woo back from the dead. He’s here to tell her that she has one week left to live, but she can end her life peacefully anytime before then if she says his name three times.
Overwhelmed at their reunion and terrified at the idea of losing him again, Hee-wan refuses to say Ram-woo’s name. So Ram-woo changes his approach by having her write out a bucket list of all the things she wants to do before she dies, intending to help her come out of her shell with happy moments in her last days. As the two work together to check off Hee-wan’s list, they’ll rekindle their old friendship, uncover secrets from their past, and learn the true meaning of life and love.
Based on the novel of the same name by Seo Eun-chae and with Noh Deok (Glitch) as creator, TVING’s A Week Before I Die is directed by filmmaker Choi Ha-na (Citizen Pane) and adapted into a screenplay by Song Hyun-ju and Jang In-jung. It’s scheduled to be released sometime in 2025.
Via The Fact
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