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카트 (Kateu)

Directed by Boo Ji-young (부지영)

2014•103 min
Genre
Drama
Mood
Bold
Language
Korean
Featured in
Activist Cinema

Synopsis

Today, I get the sack.

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.

Trailer

Selected Awards

Winner

Blue Dragon Film Award

Best Actress (2014)

Footnote

  1. Social impact

    Dramatizes a real 2007 Korean labor dispute in which a retailer mass-fired contract workers, who occupied the store for 21 days — one of the few Korean films to center women's labor rights; screened at TIFF

Main Cast

Yum Jung-ahYum Jung-ahSun-hee
Moon Jeong-heeMoon Jeong-heeHye-mi
Kim Young-aeKim Young-aeSoon-rye
Kim Kang-wooKim Kang-wooDong-joon
Hwang Jeong-minHwang Jeong-minOk-soon
Chun Woo-heeChun Woo-heeMi-jin
Doh Kyung-sooDoh Kyung-sooTae-young
Lee Seung-joonLee Seung-joonSection Chief Choi

Director