Busan 2022: Netflix K-drama Glitch – quirky, female-driven action-comedy starring Jeon Yeo-been and Nana looks to the stars

This K-drama revolves around an ordinary woman (Jeon Yeo-been) who sees visions of a little green alien, and whose boyfriend is missing

With an old school friend (Nana) who hosts an online show about aliens, she starts to investigate her boyfriend’s disappearance

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Netflix drama Glitch is a Korean alien abduction story. Jeon Yeo-been as Hong Jihyo (above) in a still from the series.

Published: 1:09pm, 6 Oct 2022Updated: 1:27pm, 6 Oct 2022

Glitch, the high-concept Netflix Korean drama series which premiered its first four episodes at Busan International Film Festival on October 6, begins with an intriguing question: was my boyfriend abducted by aliens?

The person asking this is Hong Jihyo, played by Vincenzo breakout star Jeon Yeo-been, an ordinary 30-year-old office worker still living with her parents. She’s ordinary in every way, except for the fact that she occasionally has visions of a little green alien in a baseball helmet.

As she embarks on her search for her missing partner, Jihyo soon rekindles her friendship with former schoolmate Hong Bora (Nana), a force of nature who hosts an online show dedicated to crackpot theories about aliens.

Together, they investigate the queer phenomena surrounding the disappearance, which soon leads them into the sanctum of a deranged religious cult complete with neon lights and VR headsets.

Action, drama, comedy and the unknown blend in this delightfully quirky amalgam that excites with the sensations it inspires and tantalising ideas it explores, but occasionally frustrates with its long-winded narrative, overly broad humour and its inability to fully explore those same ideas.