Young-nam, a promising young policewoman from Seoul, is transferred to a small fishing village as a disciplinary measure. The locals are somewhat surprised that a woman takes over the position of chief of police. The reasons for Young-nam\u2019s transferral are initially unclear. Her daily routine of getting drunk on her living room floor suggests she\u2019s been unhappy for some time.
\nDo-hee, a quiet and timid girl, is bullied by her classmates and beaten up by her family. Her father Yong-ha is the owner of the fishery and therefore boss of half of the community, which looks on silently when he gets drunk and becomes physically violent in public.<\/p>\n
In her directing debut, Jung brings together these two lonely women. To escape her father, Do-hee repeatedly turns up on the police officer\u2019s doorstep \u2013 until Young-nam eventually takes her in for the summer in defiance of the father. There are consequences: the bigoted villagers are hostile towards Yong-ha. And then, awkwardly, Young-nam\u2019s ex-lover arrives in town.<\/p>\n
By skilfully and constantly shifting the balance of power between the three main characters, Jung succeeds in creating an intelligent blend of drama and thriller. The main role is played by Bae Donaa \u2013 internationally renowned since Cloud Atlas \u2013 who delivers a strong performance in the role of the policewoman. An unusually candid film about domestic violence and homophobia, also in July Jung\u2019s home country of South Korea.<\/p>\n
Film programme Life’s a Bitch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18703,"template":"","movie_year":[47],"movie_genre":[80],"movie_cat":[427],"festival":[596],"class_list":["post-12699","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-47","movie_genre-feature-film-en","movie_cat-focus-en-2015","festival-2015-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n