
Holland(2025)
Teacher Nancy's life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and a colleague become suspicious of a secret.


“Spread her wings only to fall deeper.”
A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.

Kim Min-hee
Cha Kyeong-seon

Lee Sun-kyun
Jang Moon-ho

Cho Seong-ha
Kim Jong-geun

Song Ha-yoon
Han-na

Choi Deok-moon
Ha Seong-sik

Lee Hee-jun
No Seung-joo

Kim Min-jae
Moon-ho's Friend

Choi Il-hwa
Moon-ho's Father

Park Hae-joon
Loan Shark

Yang Eun-yong
Ki-tae's Wife
Helpless is a mystery, thriller film released in 2012 exploring themes of secret identity, missing person, woman director. Directed by Byun Young-joo, it stars Kim Min-hee, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Seong-ha. A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.
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