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Take Care of My Cat

Name: Take Care of My Cat
Director: Jeong Jae-eun
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 112 min

고양이를 부탁해

Directed by Jeong Jae-eun (정재은)

2001•112 min

Genre: Drama
Topic: Coming of Age
Mood: Tender
Language: Korean
Featured in: Growing Up

Synopsis

A joint diary of five girls standing on the tulmutuous summit of adulthood.

When one girl from five close school friends moves to Seoul after school is over, the other four try and deal with the loss of her moving and them drifting apart.

Trailer

Selected Awards

Winner

Korean Film Awards

Best New Director (2001)

Winner

MBC Film Awards

Best New Director (2002)

Winner

Baeksang Arts Award

Best Actress (2002)

Winner

Blue Dragon Film Award

Best New Actress (2001)

Footnote

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Ranked #19 among the classics of modern South Korean cinema by The Guardian in 2020 — considered one of the first true "millennial" Korean films for its use of text-message-style storytelling