Lucky Chan-sil / Chan-sil-yi-neun bok-do man-chi

(2020, Kim Cho-hee, South Korea, 96 mins, in Korean w/ English subtitles)

Guest: Kim Cho-hee (director) [awaiting confirmation]
Introduced by: Irhe Sohn, Smith College

A comedy/drama about women in cinema in South Korea, directed by film producer (for Hong Sang-soo) Kim Cho-hee. “After a sudden death of the director she worked with for a long time, a film producer Chan-sil is now unemployed. Jobless and moneyless, she begins to work as a cleaning lady at an actress’ place. By chance, she meets a young man who teaches French to the actress. Chan-sil is strongly attracted to him while her old anxieties begin to emerge; her already-gone-youth, screwed love, and broken career…”