CART (2014)
Cart Sat, Jun 17 | 3pm | TMT
Cart , based on a true event, is Boo Ji-young’s second feature dealing with labor rights and deeply rooted issues of work exploitation especially geared toward part-time, temp workers in Korea. Sun-hee is a rather docile, passive worker who hopes to finally become a full-time employee after five years of earnest dedication at a corporate supermarket. When she and her coworkers receive sudden texts from the company notifying them of their termination, instead of remaining passive, they unite and fight back. DIRECTED BY: Boo Ji-young. WRITTEN BY: Boo Ji-young, Kim Gyung-chan. WITH: Yum Jung-ah, Moon Jeong-hee, Kim Young-ae, Kim Kang-woo. 2014. 103 min. Korea. Color. Korean. DCP.
HELPLESS (2012)
LUCKY CHAN-SIL (2019)
Helpless Thu, Jun 15 | 7:30pm | TMT
Lucky Chan-sil Sun, Jun 18 | 3pm | TMT Chan-sil is a 40-something Ozu enthusiast who finds herself unemployed after the sudden death of her longtime employer, a renowned film director. Penniless, she makes desperate attempts to survive. Despite some existential disillusions, Chan-sil wants to move forward by living sincerely, committed to the modest, genuine values in her life. Inspired by her personal story, director Kim Cho-hee shares her candid insights into life through her portrayal of Chan-sil, underscoring her values of love and kindness, but also life’s random variables and unresolvable distresses, for a film that ultimately conveys a message of liberation, happiness, and decency. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Kim Cho-hee. WITH: Kang Mal-geum, Kim Young-min, Youn Yuh-jung, Yoon Seung-ah. 2019. 96 min. Korea. Color. Korean. DCP.
Kim Min-hee’s ( The Handmaiden ) brilliance shines through in her masterful performance in Byun Young-joo’s third narrative feature. Based on the bestselling Japanese novel Kasha ( All She Was Worth ) by Miyuki Miyabe, Helpless is a psychological thriller about Seon-yeong’s (Kim) sudden disappearance and the devastating truth about her past, which slowly reveals itself during her fiancé’s (Lee Sun-kyun, Parasite ) investigation. Seon-yeong, an ultimate embodiment of social, cultural, emotional, and moral violence and exploitation, was never given a fair shake. There is no room for redemption or hoping for better days in Seon-yeong’s life. As the title suggests, there is only endless agony. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Byun Young-joo. WITH: Kim Min-hee, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Sung-ha. 2012. 117 min. Korea. Color. Korean. DCP.
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