Field of Vision - In the Absence

"I will bring you home with your friends. I will keep my promise" It hurts so much

"Kids were killed while waiting. They waited and died". It hurts so much for a parent who has lost a child 😭

"Dont tell me to wait, the kids were killed while waiting"

I’m one of the people who worked directly at the scene immediately after the sinking. I feel this movie largely skipped a very important part - the utterly incomprehensible behavior of state agencies in the days following the sinking. The days immediately afterwards when the parents came to the small port from which rescue works were organized and still hoped their child may have survived in one of the airpockets. The heart-wrenching hours and days of desperation when the parents waited and stared at the ocean imagining their child just about clinging to life in the dark and cold water inside the ship while the time was clicking by and nothing was hapenning. The way the government treated the parents. The way the government agencies including the coast guard sabotaged the efforts of civilian divers and civilian scientists and specialist who came to help. The way the high government official took the helicopter that was supposed to transport a korean student in serious condition from the port to hospital. The student then had to be transported by road, which took a lot of time and the student died.... there’s just so many things... I feel this part was just brushed over in the movie. The reality was much worse and really truly utterly incomprehensible. It’s scary that a government of a democratic country could reach such lows. I’m proud that at the end the Korean people took power into their hands and the government has changed. Korea reforms really fast and I have hopes for the future but the Sewol times were really a dark period...

“I remember everything with acute pain, I cannot forget. But how come you, the elites of the society claim that you don’t know and you don’t remember?” -late Kim Gwan Hong

24:23 the police officer wipping down her tears but not being able to open this door for them. It hit hard and in the heart. Following the orders must be so difficult sometimes.

I was at the different ferry on the same sea, same time, and for the same reason - Apr. 16th 2014, on the way of school trip to jeju island. When my friends (we were 15) saw the news at first, we thought it wasn't a big deal. Why? because the news said "all students have been rescued", which soon revealed that it was fucking misinformed. They wore life vests and even took a chance to play with it, without chances to know the true situation. Though I was not involved in the tragedy, I remember my whole family called to me and crying, I remember the rage when the number of survivals goes down from over 300 to less than 100, due to the misinformation. I just hope this kind of hellhole never happens again. Thank you for making this, and congrats for nomination on Oscar.

“they said, “it will be okay and stay put.” but only the people who didn’t follow the order survived.” - a passenger on sewol-ho this was exactly what happened to the passengers on sewol. on april 16th, the only people the survived, were the ones who broke the rules.

I cried so hard. It took me an hour to finish this. I am so angry at how poorly the situation was "handled". The kids could have been saved!! Even the civilian diver said so. Those poor kids!!! And the diver that committed suicide because of the trauma. I'm glad the President was impeached but I wanna know if the other "elites" were punished too

if only the children ignore the announcement from captain to stay still inside the ship... there must be more survivor.. everyone, trust your guts when you were facing the same situation. you are the most precious soul for your own self afterall

Don't move. Stay still where you are now. And the ship captain was rescued by maritime police first. He is not a human.

it is so hurtful to hear them talk about making a good scene at around 11:00 THESE ARE REAL LIVES OF CHILDREN you can't use those to boost your reputation and your ego

Glad it got that Oscar nom, I never knew this story in such grim detail.

I’m not even a South Korean, but this tragic incident will forever pain my heart. I cannot even begin to imagine how the victims must have felt when they realised the help they were waiting for all along was never going to arrive. The pain and sorrow their loved ones will carry for the rest of their lives, knowing the cruel fact that their children were brutally left to die in the sinking ship. The guilt they are not responsible for but will carry, for telling their loved ones to obey instructions for their safety. I’m not sure about this, but I read that there was a recent re-investigation into the case, and I hope it finally brings the truth to light, and finally give closure to all that need it to move on. I don’t want to wish evil on anybody, but I sincerely wish that those responsible for these children’s deaths are prosecuted, and may they rot in hell, and even then, it will never be enough compensation. I am not religious, but I pray and hope that these students are in a better place, and they can rest in peace, somehow. Lastly, though it will literally not make any difference, I will make it a point to visit the memorial site when I’m in Korea one day, and let them know that I’m just one of the many who will remember their lives. 🕯🙏

Last year I graduated from high school and even received flowers, now I am 20. Just thinking any of them was the same age as me...breaks my heart. How hopeless did them feel? when I think of them, my tears blind my eyes...I'm foreigner, honestly nationality should not matter in these cases, this is something we should not forget even whether we are Korean or not. Let us always remember 2014.4.16 As long as I live, them too, 4.16 forever in my memory.

시간을 되돌릴수만 있다면, 화면속에서 꺼내 줄 수 있다면... 아이들의 얼굴을 손으로 쓰담어 보니 6년전 그때처럼 또다시 마음을 추수릴 수가 없네요. 어제 같은데 벌써 6년이란 시간이 지났다니 기가 막힙니다. 아직도 돌아오지 못한 3명의 아이들, 여전히 풀리지 않는 의문들... 우리는 모두가 죄인입니다. 미안해...잊지않을게 🎗

Mis más sincero pésame a las familias que perdieron a sus seres queridos 😞😞 en esta tragedia. Paz a todas sus almas 🙏

우리는 잊지 않습니다

아카데미 지명보고 알게되었다. 왠만한 세월호 다큐는 다 봤다고 생각했는데... 기생충 6개부문 노미네이션만큼이나 기쁜 소식이지만, 정작 이렇게 보고나니 또 힘들다. 우리 시대의 트라우마. 하지만 이렇게 계속 아파야 잊지 않고 기억하는거겠지.

슬퍼도 눈 감지말고 두 눈 부릅 뚜고 보고 또 봐야 할 영상... 그리고 꼭 기억해야 할 영상... 잊지 않고 있습니다 기억하고 있습니다 이제 곧 그날이 또 돌아오겠지만 유족분들의 마르지 않는 눈물은 진실규명만이 멈추게 할 수 있는데 대한민국 사법부는 ...