COIN LOCKER GIRL

차이나타운

Directed by Han Jun-hee

Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2015 / thriller / 110 mins / Korean, Mandarin with English subtitles / DCP / West Coast Premiere

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COIN LOCKER GIRL

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Friday, November 6, 2015 9:20 pm

COIN LOCKER GIRL

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 8, 2015 8:20 pm

Description

Official Selection, Critics Week, 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Jury’s Choice Award, 2015 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed “Mother” (Kim Hye-soo), who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young (Kim Go-Eun), the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.

Internationally heralded, Han Jun-Hee’s COIN LOCKER GIRL pushes at the narrow confines of the Korean gangster noir by bucking gender conventions in casting and delving into questions of family and violence, particularly mother-daughter relations. At the heart of the film are the two female leads. Kim Go-Eun is a true discovery and veteran actress Kim Hye-Soo (The Thieves) struts bad-assery as she struts her wicked mane. From the film’s shocking opening scene to its final thrills, they pull no punches. –Jumanah Albahri

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