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Director’s Profile

Lim Sun-ae studied advertising and multimedia design at Hongik University, and went on to study screenwriting in the Graduate School of Film, TV & Multimedia at Korea National University of Arts. After accumulating field experience as a script supervisor, screenwriter and storyboard artist, Lim’s first feature, An Old Lady (2019), won the KNN Audience Award in the New Currents Section at Busan International Film Festival 2019, Director of the Year at the Women in Film Korea Festival 2020, the Park Nam-ok Award at Seoul International Women’s Film Festival 2020, and was invited to screen at numerous film festivals both at home and abroad. She also received a Young Leadership Award at the Korea Women’s Leadership Awards, hosted by the National YWCA of Korea, for her contribution in raising awareness and inspiring social discourse around the level of human dignity granted to elderly women through An Old Lady (2019).

Synopsis

It is 1999; the end of the millennium. KIM Yeong-mi, from accounts, is known for her unattractive looks, of which her co-workers constantly remind her by calling her names. KOO Do-yeong, from distribution, is the only male colleague who is nice to Yeong-mi, and she develops a crush on him. Her feelings grow, and when Yeong-mi discovers that KOO has been pocketing money from accounts receivable, she replaces it with her own money, taking on extra shifts to cover the costs. KOO finds out and turns himself in to the police, but Yeong-mi is also sentenced to 6 months in prison. Upon her release, she finds KOO’s wife, CHO Yoo-jin, waiting for her. It was during police questioning that Yeong-mi first learned of her existence. She was shocked to hear that there was a wife, and that the wife has a Grade One disability causing total paralysis. Now, she is even more shocked to see that the wife is beautiful, with delicate, doll-like features. Yeong-mi is embarrassed, jealous and feels a sense of betrayal rather than compassion. Yoo-jin makes a strange offer. She explains that she and KOO did not marry out of love, and promises to pay back everything Yeong-mi lost if she will help her to locate a nephew who is illegally using Yoo-jin’s name to borrow and spend money. Yeong-mi is confused but she is also flat broke and has no place to stay. She accepts Yoo-jin’s offer and they begin living together. Yeong-mi cooks, cleans and looks after Yoo-jin. Will Yeong-mi get back her money and her love?

Achievements

2023 Busan International Film Festival - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
2023 Fantasia International Film Festival - In Competition
2023 Seoul Independent Film Festival
Released in Korea

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