Director: Jeong Byeong Gil
Runtime: 129 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean with English subtitles
Rating: M18 (Violence)
Showtime:
12 October, Saturday – 8PM
Synopsis
This Korean actioner is one of the few featuring a female protagonist. Kim Ok-bin is Sook-hee, an assassin trained by criminals from childhood. Long swearing revenge for her father’s murder, she is derailed by her husband/mentor’s slaying. Sook-hee slaughters those responsible, is caught by authorities, and forced into an all-female assassin school. Carrying her husband’s child, Sook-hee raises her daughter there. Upon graduation, she goes undercover as an actress. When a man from the past reemerges and another enters her present, Sook-hee’s two lives collide, revealing her a pawn on both sides of the law. A unique neo-noir, its heroine’s contested identity functions as the site where hegemonic femininities implode, as she frees herself from patriarchal structures governing her life.
To Note:
– All film screenings are held at Oldham Theatre, National Archives of Singapore.
– Tickets can also be purchased at the Oldham Theatre Box Office. The box office will be open one hour before the earliest showtime of the day on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
– Concession tickets apply to Students (Local & Overseas), Full-time National Servicemen (NSF), and Senior Citizens (55 years old and above) only.
– Please check the film rating before purchase of tickets. Please note that you may be asked to present your ID at the door (this applies to concession tickets as well).