Beasts That Cling to the Straw

2020·South Korea·108 min.
Beasts That Cling to the Straw
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Having gone bankrupt, Joong-Man is forced to move back in with his mother, who has Alzheimer’s. He finds the bag full of money in a locker at a public baths, and sees it as the solution to all his (financial) problems. Customs official Tae-Young is also urgently in search of money, as his girlfriend has run off with the capital he borrowed from a shady moneylender. Mi-Ran has lost a fortune on the stock market and is now working as a 'hostess' to earn it back again. One day, an amorous client offers to kill her violent husband for her.

CinematographyKim Tae-Soo
Original titleBeasts That Cling to the Straw
Also known asBeasts Clawing at Straws·Ji-pu-ra-gi-ra-do jap-go-sip-eun jim-seung-deul·Jipuragirado japgo sipeun jimseungdeul