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LEE Su-a (2017)

LEE Su-a poster
Original title
이수아
Directed by
Shownu
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

How it feels

A woman works day and night to pay for her mother's hospital bills. After being sexually harassed by a coworker, she reports it but is treated as the offender and loses her job. Later she meets her first love again, who asks for forgiveness, and she struggles between revenge and forgiveness.

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What happens

"이수아"는 2017년에 개봉한 대한민국의 영화이다. 이수아(조수하 분)는 치매에 걸린 홀어머니의 병원비를 모으기 위해 밤낮으로 일하며 힘겹게 살아간다. 직장 동료에게 지속적으로 성추행을 당한 이수아는 많은 시간을 인내하다 직장에 사실을 알리지만 주변인들로 인해 피해자에서 가해자로 변하게 되고 결국 직장까지 잃게 된다. 절망 속에서 우연히 재회한 첫사랑 손우진(손현우 분)이 지난 일들에 용서를 구해온다. 희망이었던 첫사랑이 가져다준 절망을 이겨내고 살아가는 이수아가 복수와 용서의 갈림길에서 고뇌하는 모습을 그린 영화이다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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