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Completed - KOREAN - Drama - 104 minutes

Log Line

Temporary women workers as docile as a lamb lock arms together against mighty money.

Previous markets

  • Busan 2014 (Premiere)
  • AFM 2014 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Ji-Young BOO
Cast : Jung-Ah YUM, Jeong-Hee MOON, Young-Ae KIM

Producer(s) : Jae-myung SHIM

Synopsis

Sun-hee is a mother of two teenagers. With debts to pay back, her temporary job at a large retail store is the only way to support family. And she works hard to gain a permanent position at her job in order to make a better life for her kids. But, her teenage son, Tae-young, always grumbles about his mother’s job which is not making enough money to buy him a smart phone and to pay for his school field trip to a foreign country like his other classmates. When Sun-hee is about to take a permanent position at the store, she’s laid off out of the blue. But, soon, she and her temp co-workers become aware that their company is merging into a giant company and is avoiding its employment obligations to the temp workers. As a shy but devoted mother, she hadn't thought about putting on a strike against the company. But, when other temp women co-workers begin their solitary fight against the unjust layoffs, Sun-hee takes courage to stand in the front. Tae-young never understood why his mother worked that hard and got laid off for nothing. To earn money for his field trip, Tae-young works at a 24-hour convenient store secretly from his mother, and he himself experiences getting underpaid. Then, he comes to realize his mother’s meaningful fight against injustice. With her once estranged son’s understanding and together with her united colleagues, Sun-hee starts to make a giant step forward for a better life and a better world.

Production

Country(ies) : KOREA (South)

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Festivals and Awards

Austin Asian American Film Festival 2014 (Audience Award Winner )
Toronto - TIFF 2014 (City to City)
Busan - BIFF/APM 2014 (Open Cinema)
Hawaii International Film Festival 2014 (Gala Presentation)
Santa Barbara IFF 2015 (Pan Asia)
IFF Rotterdam 2015 (WTF?!)
Casa Asia Film Week 2015
Center for Asian American Media Film Festival 2015 (CinemAsia)
Far East Film Fsetival 2015 (Competition)
Korean Film Festival DC 2015
International Women's Film Festival in Seoul 2015 (Polemics #1IAMAFeminist)
New York Asian Festival 2015
Traverse City Film Festival 2015 (Foreign: Free Movies at the Buzz )
Korean Film Festival in Australia 2015
Forum des Cinema 2015 ( Séoul Hypnotique)
Showcase of New Korean Cinema 2015
Festival du Film Coréen à Paris 2015 (Paysage)
High Falls Film Festival in Rochester 2015
Asiatica - Encounters with Asian Cinema 2015 (Focus Corea)
Cambodia Int'l Film Festival 2015 (Asian Cinerama – AFAA Film Roadshows)


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