Beasts Clawing at Straws
(2020 )
Kim Yonghoon • 109 min. • South-Korea
Regular ticket € 9,50
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A Louis Vuitton bag loaded with cash connects three unfortunate characters in need for money. A man discovers the bag in a locker while on duty at the hotel-sauna. This bag could be the solution for financial stress and family irritations at home so he decides to hide it…
Somewhere else in town a loan shark chases a custom agent after his girlfriend left him with a debt. A fierce bar hostess just resigned at a sex club and is on the run for her violent husband. Later on her boss – played by superstar Jeon Do-yeon as ruthless femme fatale – joins the game who has important connections with the custom agent. A rat race continues between ordinary people who get involved in the criminal world.
With its non-chronological order, emotional explosiveness and leaps in times this neo noir is a crazy joyride. Although the script is adapted from a Japanese novel, Korean Crime flows through the veins of the film.
When Jeon Doyeon (Secret Sunshine) got on board other major actors also joined resulting in a top cast: quite a performance for a first feature film. Beasts Clawing at Straws was one of the tiger nominations of IFFR2020 and we’re happy it’s back in Rotterdam.
English subtitles