O-bok’s eldest daughter is about to get married to an educated, well-off young man, but she’s far from happy. It’s not just hot weather, hot flushes, her daughters’ materialism, her mother’s dementia, her husband’s drinking, or the impending gentrification of the food market where she sells fish – although all of that will push her to take a stand. After trying to cover it up, O-bok reveals to her daughter that she was raped by a fellow stallholder, the man organising the traders against their landlords. Increasingly furious, O-bok eschews the useless police to pursue her own justice, even if it means a physical fight.
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Cast
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Jeong Ae-hwa
O-bok
Known for
Hellbound
Bring Me Home
Lee Sang-hee
Mu-il
Known for
Squid Game
Hope
Go Seo-hee
In-ae
Known for
Memories of Murder
Parasyte: The Grey
Kim Ga-bin
Ji-ae
Also in
Be Melodramatic
Peach of Time (Movie)
Kim Beong-choun
Gi-taek
Known for
True Beauty
Teach You a Lesson
Jung Chang-wook
Dong-won
No other roles listed
Gong Hwa-sa
Jeom-rye
No other roles listed
Park Jang-yong
Seok-tae
No other roles listed
Kim An-na
Sun-ja
Yoo Jung-hyeok
Merchant
Song Gwang-ju
Jae-il's father
Also in
Project Silence
Emergency Declaration
Cheon Hwa-sung
Jae-il's mother
Also in
Midnight Runners
Kim Mi-jo Director · So Seong-seop Cinematographer
First release May 28, 2020 · Produced in South Korea · Production Jinjin Pictures
Production
DGC
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Jinjin Pictures
Production
South Korea
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Languages
Original title
갈매기
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 28, 2020
Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
South Korea · July 28, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Spain
September 19, 2020 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 9, 2020 · Digital · London Korean Film Festival
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