Sponsored by Korean Culture Center and UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies
A FIim Screening & Conversation with Director July Jung
NEXT SOHEE (2022)
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 6 PM
UCI Humanities Instruction Building (HIB) 110
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Synopsis
Sohee is a high school student at a vocational school. She gets excited to land an externship at a major internet provider’s call center, but the prized office job turns out to be a nightmarish workplace. She becomes under immense pressure from the company to reach the best team target. The work is daunting even to a gutsy girl like Sohee, but to make matters worse, externs only receive a fraction of the normal wages. She is gradually torn between anger, disappointment, and pressure. Eventually, it leads her to death.
Detective Oh Yoo-jin becomes in charge of this case. She starts to follow Sohee's traces and the people around her to reveal the causes of her death. As she investigates Sohee's case, Yoo-jin comes to find out that the hidden side of the incident is more upsetting and demoralizing than she ever could have imagined.
Director July Jung
Biography
Born in 1980, Yeosu, Jung majored in the Department of Imaging at Sungkyunkwan University.
After graduation, she naturally encountered in movies as she started to study academic characteristics of entire video media. She entered in Korea National University of Arts and majored in films. Her first feature film, "A GIRL AT MY DOOR" was invited to the 67th Cannes Film Festival at "Un Certain Regard" section and received favorable attention from various overseas media. She has emerged as one of the key figures in Korean cinema whose films have resonated well with international and domestic audiences.
Filmography
2014 A GIRL AT MY DOOR (feature debut)
- 67th Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard
2010 DOG THAT CAME INTO MY FLASH (short)
2008 11 (short)
- 10th Seoul International Women's Film Festival, Asian Short Contest
2007 A MAN UNDER THE INFLUENZA (short)
- 12th Busan International Film Festival, Sonje Award
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