COIN LOCKER GIRL | 차이나타운 (South Korea, 2015)
Directed by: Han Jun-hee
Starring: Kim Hye-soo, Kim Ko-eun
Straight outta Cannes comes this high-velocity mash-up of Mommie Dearest and Goodfellas. Veteran Korean diva Kim Hye-soo (The Thieves) has won 33 Best Actress awards since her career kicked off in 1986, and she brings all that high-caliber thesping to her star turn as the most toxic mommy on earth. Back in 1996, a corrupt cop found Il-Young (Kim Ko-eun, recipient of Rising Star Award at NYAFF 2013) abandoned in a coin locker and brought her to the criminal queen bee played by Kim Hye-soo. Discovering that the foundling has a talent for mayhem, Mom raises her up and trains her to go after the people who owe her money and snap their fingers like breadsticks. But, one day, Il-Young meets a guy she’d rather not mutilate, and defies her adoptive mom’s orders. Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned, and soon they’re tearing the city apart as they work out their mother-daughter issues with fists, guns, and knives.