A Leave

• 2 Sep. Thu. 18:30 Midland Square Cinema
  5 Sep. Sun. 13:50 Will Hall
• Drama
• South Korea / 2020 / 81 min.
• Director: LEE Ran-hee
• Cast: LEE Bong-ha, KIM Ah-seok, SHIN Woon-seop
• Awards and Invitation:
• 25th Busan International Film Festival – New Currents
• 46th Seoul Independent Film Festival – Competition – Best Feature Film award, Self-righteous man Award
• 46th Seoul Independent Film Festival – Independent Star Award (Lee Bong-ha)
• 64th San Francisco International Film Festival – New Director – Special Jury Mention

Story

A 49-year-old fired worker Jae-bok has been holding a sit-in for 5 years with his colleagues. After the union lost the final lawsuit asking for the invalidation of recent layoffs including theirs, they decide to take 10 leave from the sit-in. Jae-bok goes home and gets a part-time job at a furniture factory during the leave to earn money to pay for his daughter’s college tuition deposit and another daughter’s down jacket. As his satisfaction with working again and daily life with his daughters grows, Jae-bok receives an offer for a full-time job…