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BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS (JI-PU-RA-GI-RA-DO JAP-GO-SHIP-EUN JIM-SEUNG-DEUL)
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Completed - KOREAN - First film, Thriller - 116 minutes

Log Line

Different desires of these low lives slowly gather around the money bag.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2020 (Premiere)
  • Red Sea 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Yong-Hoon KIM
Cast : Do-Yeon JEON, Woo-Sung JUNG

Synopsis

The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover, Jin-tae who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.

Production

Country(ies) : KOREA (South)

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Festivals and Awards

Rotterdam IFF 2020 - Bright Future (Tiger Competition special jury award)
Red Sea IFF 2020 Best of the Year


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