Alice in Earnestland(HKAFF2015)

Anchored by a tremendous lead performance from Lee Jung-hyun (Juvenile Offender), Ahn Gooc-jin’s film school graduation feature both charms and shocks as a darkly funny and visually arresting modern fairy tale-gone-wrong. Though Soo-nam has tried her best to work hard and live honestly all these years, life just keeps kicking her down. Soon after marrying young, her husband was debilitated by a series of misfortunes. She finally buys a home, only to be saddled by mounting debt and medical bills. She throws her lot into supporting a redevelopment project, but that too turns against her. Driven over the edge, Soo-nam takes matters into her own hands in violent fashion.