Queen of the Morning Calm

Dec 7, 2019

1h 26m

★ 5.3

Life strips away. Love endures.

Overview

Follows 29-year-old immigrant sex worker Debra, and her self-aware 10-year-old daughter Mona, as they embark on a journey of emancipation. Debra attempts to escape cycles of abuse and poverty while learning to become a more nurturing mother and discovering her own self-worth.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gloryous Productions

Hawkeye Pictures

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Cast

Debra

Tina Jung

Ian

Shaun Benson

Sarge

Jesse LaVercombe

Mona

Eponine Lee

Tracy

Mandi Nicholson

Shane

Francis Melling

Principal Fisher

Mike McPhaden

Nail technician

Solla Park

“A period of growth can be considered a universal hole that is placed in anyone’s life at a certain point. However big or small, as we pass that period of time, we experience spiritual hunger and an empty hole. But, to some boys, the hole becomes such a complex shape too frequently and intrudes in their lives.” - Kang Yoo Jeong

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