Jump to content

Hellcats (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hellcats
Three women eating lolipops
Korean name
Hangul
뜨거운 것이 좋아
Revised RomanizationTteugeoun Geosi Joa
McCune–ReischauerTtŭgŏun Kŏshi Choa
Directed byKwon Chil-in[1]
Written byKim Hyun-soo
Kim Soo-ah
Park Hye-ryun
Produced byKang Woo-suk
Kim Eun-young
Starring
CinematographyJo Yong-gyu
Edited byKim Sun-min
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • January 17, 2008 (2008-01-17)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Hellcats (Korean뜨거운 것이 좋아; RRDdeugeoun Geosi Joa; lit. "I Like It Hot" or "Some Like It Hot") is a 2008 South Korean romantic comedy film about an extended family of three women from different generations—the fortysomething interior designer Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook), the 27-year old screenwriter Ah-mi (Kim Min-hee), and the high school student Kang-ae (Ahn So-hee) -- who are all engaged in dilemmas regarding love and sex.[2][3]

Plot

[edit]

27-year-old Ah-mi is a freelance screenwriter, and she's on her 17th rewrite for a screenplay that has been in the works for over a year. For the past 3 years, she's been living with her older sister Young-mi because she can't afford rent on her own. Ah-mi dreams of success and independence, but these seem far-off. She has a boyfriend named Won-suk, a member of a struggling rock band, who is mostly broke. Then one day, she goes out on a blind date and a new guy, Seung-won, enters her life. Seung-won is a successful accountant, and is very different from Won-suk.

Meanwhile, 40-year-old Young-mi is a happy, independent single mother and interior designer. She begins working with a theatre company where she meets a much younger actor named Kyoung-soo, who takes a romantic interest in her. But even her sexy, confident self gets insecure when on her next doctor's visit, she learns that she's undergoing menopause.

There is also Young-mi's teenage daughter, Kang-ae. She is a bright, optimistic high school student, whose current goal in life is to figure out a way to get a kiss from her boyfriend of three years, Ho-jae. Kang-ae's best friend, Mi-ran, a self-proclaimed dating expert, coaches Kang-ae in matters of love. Mi-ran helps Kang-ae plan a strategy for her first kiss, but their scheme goes haywire, and Kang-ae's first kiss ends up being with Mi-ran.

Although different in age, attitude about life, and dating preferences, the three women each learn to find their own unique way to happiness.

Cast

[edit]

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Award Category Recipient Result
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Won
Best New Actor Kim Heung-soo Nominated
9th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Won
17th Buil Film Awards Best New Actress Ahn So-hee Nominated
Best Editing Kim Sun-min Won
7th Korean Film Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Korean Film Observatory: Quarterly Herald about the Film Industry and Policy in Korea". 2007.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 January 2008). "Hellcats Is Charmingly Off-Tune". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  3. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (8 January 2008). "Hellcats rejects men, holds girl-only party". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
[edit]