Microhabitat

Mar 15, 2018

1h 45m

★ 7.7

Whiskey and cigarettes, the only ways of keeping her dignity in this city.

Overview

Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

KwangHwaMoon Cinema

CGV Arthouse

MOTTO

Microhabitat Trailers

Cast

Mi-so

Esom

Han-sol

Ahn Jae-hong

Moon-young

Kang Jin-ah

Hyun-jung

Kim Guk-hee

Dae-yong

Lee Sung-wook

Ro-kyi

Choi Deok-moon

Jung-mi

Kim Jae-hwa

Min-ji

Cho Soo-hyang

Jae-kyung

Kim Yae-eun

Real Estate Manager

Park Ji-young

Jung-mi's Husband

Kim Hee-won

Bride

Kwun Hyun-jeong

Eun-hee is an actress who also plays in her real life. One day, she meets three different men and changes her own character each time she dates them, just like taking a role in the play. One is clever and polite, another is boyish and honest, and the last seems elegant and mature. Though each of her performances full of lies seems going smoothly, everything is about to be messed up at the end.

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5.6

A Decent Woman

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5.0

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6.3

Stray Dogs

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6.2

The Housemaid

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When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.

5.4

Leaving D.C.

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After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark gradually realizes that despite his new, isolated setting, he may not be alone. From the endless woods surrounding his home, something else is watching.

5.8

Ekaj

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EKAJ is a love story between two drifters, a naive teenager and a hustler. Ekaj meets Mecca who takes him under his care. Mecca has AIDS and multiple problems of his own. He is high all day but still manages to be the only voice of reason in Ekaj’s hopeless world. They cruise the city together looking for money and places to stay. Although Ekaj makes some money as a prostitute, he finds himself discarded, and lacking what it takes to survive in the city. Their mutual loneliness leads to genuine friendship.

6.4

Best of the Best

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5.3

Innathe Chintha Vishayam

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4.5

Pervert Boy

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Four brothers and the inevitable clash between their lives in modern day Seoul.

5.0

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0.0

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5.9

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4.8

Stealing Harvard

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0.0

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7.3

The Hours

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6.5

The Mayor

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Cast

Mi-so