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The movie has garnered more than 27.9 million views according to Netflix, and viewers have taken to X to share their thoughts.

“Definitely a 10/10,” wrote one viewer. “Some people don’t get it, but The Great Flood is actually so good. This isn’t a film you watch with logic, you watch it with your feelings. If you let yourself feel it, it’ll reach the deepest part of your heart, and only then the story starts to make sense.”

The film is set against the backdrop of a massive tsunami threatening to wipe out the city of Seoul.

The official synopsis reads: “However, An-na (Kim), a researcher and single mother, is only thinking of her young son, Za-in (Kwon). As they brave the chaos, An-na realizes quickly there’s just one place to go as water floods in through the windows of her third-story apartment: up. 

“An-na fights past panicked neighbors, fends off looters, and more – only to be separated from her son. When she’s rescued by the curt and mysterious Hee-jo (Park), the two set off to find her son. But An-na soon realizes Hee-jo’s motives for offering help may not be as altruistic as they seem – and that the fates of all three of them may rest in her hands.” 

In an interview with The Chosun Daily, the film’s director, Kim Byung-woo, revealed the meaning behind the project. 

“In the film, there’s a line: ‘Humans must create emotions,’ and emotions are what form human relationships,” he said. “In my view, one of the strongest emotions humans possess is the bond between parent and child. I’ve never mentioned the word ‘maternal instinct’ in meetings, though some might interpret it as a film about motherhood. But that would flatten the film.”

He continued: “Ultimately, this is a story about the human heart, and the relationship between a mother and child is where that can be best expressed.”