If You Were Me

Nov 14, 2003

1h 50m

★ 6.0

Overview

Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Chungeorahm Film

National Human Rights Commission of Korea

If You Were Me Trailers

Cast

Sun-kyung (seg. 1)

Jo Sun-kyung

Seol-hee (seg. 1)

Lee Seol-Hee

Madame (seg. 1)

Kil Hae-yeon

Teacher (seg. 1)

Ju Jin-mo

Kid (seg. 2)

Jeon Ha-eun

Man (seg. 2)

Baek Jong-hak

Mom (seg. 2)

Byeon Jung-su

Moon-joo (seg. 3)

Kim Moon-joo

Mother / Rabbit Nurse (seg. 3 / seg. 4)

Lee Young-hee

Father (seg. 3)

Hwang Oh-yeon

Younger Sister (seg. 3)

Jeon Eun-hye

Doctor (seg. 4)

Kim Se-dong

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