Beasts Clawing at Straws
- Original title
- Beasts That Cling to the Strawaka
- AKA
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- Jipuragirado japgo sipeun jimseungdeul
- Ji-pu-ra-gi-ra-do jap-go-sip-eun jim-seung-deul
- Beasts Clawing at Straws
- Year
- 2020
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
- South Korea
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Kim Yong-hoon. Novel: Keisuke Sone
- Cast
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- Jeon Do-yeon
- Jung Woo-sung
- Kim Jun-han
- Jeong Man-shik
- Bae Sung Woo
- Jung Ga-ram
- Shin Hyun-bin
- Jin Kyung
- Youn Yuh-jung
- Heo Dong-won
- Yun Je-mun
- Jang Eui-don
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller | Crime
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2020: Rotterdam Film Festival: Special Jury Award for the Screenplay2020: Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea): Best Editing. 3 nominations
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