Underplayed Gems

Take Care of My Cat (2001)

Take Care of My Cat poster
Original title
고양이를 부탁해
Directed by
Jeong Jae-eun
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
12
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of five female friends navigate the first year after high school in South Korea. They deal with changing friendships, job pressures, and personal growth in a rapidly globalizing society.

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What happens

Take Care of My Cat (Korean: 고양이를 부탁해; RR: Goyangireul butakhae) is a 2001 South Korean coming-of-age film, the feature debut of director Jeong Jae-eun. It chronicles the lives of a group of friends — five young women — a year after they graduate from high school, showing the heartbreaking changes and inspiring difficulties they face in both their friendships and the working world in the context of globalization. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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