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South Korea
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2001
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120
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Korean w. English Subtitles
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A year after graduating, five inseparable girls begin to drift apart. Hae-joo (Lee Yo-won, ATTACK THE GAS STATION) works for a brokerage firm, on a path to become a successful career woman. Ji-young (Ok Ji-young), a talented artist, dreams of studying abroad while tending to her grandparents’ dilapidated house. Meanwhile, the sweet, eccentric Tae-hee (superstar Bae Doo-na, NEXT SOHEE, in one of her earliest roles) connects with a young poet suffering from cerebral palsy, in an attempt to escape the pressures put upon her by her father. Finally, the lively twins Bi-ryu and Ohn-jo (Lee Eun-sil and Lee Eun-ju of ASAKO IN RUBY SHOES) complete the group, but struggle as descendants from Chinese grandparents in a segregated society. Ji-young’s cat Tee-tee is the remaining link between them, easing an uneasy transition into ruthless adulthood.
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JEONG Jae-eun
JEONG Jae-eun attended and was one of the first graduates of the School of Film, TV and Multimedia of the Korea National University of Arts. Early in her career she wrote and directed several short films, notably Yu-jin's Secret Codes which won the Grand Prix at the KNUA Graduation Film Festival and the Women's Film Festival in Seoul in 1999. Jeong's first feature film was Take Care of My Cat (2001), a story of friendship and growth among five young women in their twenties. It swept numerous awards at international film festivals, including the NETPAC Award and New Currents Award Special Mention at the Pusan International Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, a KNF Award Special Mention at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Best Picture award ("Golden Moon of Valencia") at the Cinema Jove Valencia International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival (2001) | NETPAC award
Côte-courte Film Festival (2000)
PIA Film Festival (1999)
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (1999)
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East Meets West
Feature Film
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