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Beasts That Cling to the Straw

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Beasts That Cling to the Strawaka
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  • Jipuragirado japgo sipeun jimseungdeul
  • Ji-pu-ra-gi-ra-do jap-go-sip-eun jim-seung-deul
  • Beasts Clawing at Straws
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Running time
108 min.
Country
South Korea South Korea
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Genre
Thriller | Crime
Synopsis
Having gone bankrupt, Joong-Man is forced to move back in with his mother, who has Alzheimer’s. He finds the bag full of money in a locker at a public baths, and sees it as the solution to all his (financial) problems. Customs official Tae-Young is also urgently in search of money, as his girlfriend has run off with the capital he borrowed from a shady moneylender. Mi-Ran has lost a fortune on the stock market and is now working as a 'hostess' to earn it back again. One day, an amorous client offers to kill her violent husband for her.
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Awards
2020: Rotterdam Film Festival: Special Jury Award for the Screenplay
2020: Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea): Best Editing. 3 nominations
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Beasts That Cling to the Straw
2020
Kim Yong-hoon
6.4
(1,715)
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