Next Sohee
In 2014, Korean director July Jung was a guest at WCA to present her now award-winning debut feature A Girl at My Door to the audience. The story revolved around a police officer, played by South Korean actress Doona Bae, who has to deal with an assault case. Jung's second feature, Next Sohee, again focuses on a female detective, also played by Doona Bae. The film had its world premiere at the last Cannes Film Festival, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation.
When high school student Sohee gets a job at a large Internet provider's call centre one of her dreams seems to come true. However, the dream soon turns into a nightmare; she is facing an extremely heavy workload, while only earning a fraction of the normal salary. Sohee cannot handle the stress and she takes her own life. In her determination to get to the bottom of Sohee's death, detective Oh Yu-jin (Doona) makes some staggering discoveries.
Q&A's with director July Jung
Wed. 24 aug | 21:00 | Rialto De Pijp*
Thu. 25 aug | 20:30 | Rialto VU
Fri. 26 aug | 19:00 | De Balie
Sat. 27 aug | 20:30 | Rialto VU
On Wednesday August 24, a special evening is organised for Next Sohee by LA RIOT. Click here for more information and to order tickets.
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JULY JUNG (1980, South Korea) studied visual media arts at Sungkyunkwan University and completed a graduate programme at the Korea National University of Arts. After a decade spent making shorts her first feature, A Girl at My Door, was invited to Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and played at WCA in 2014. Next Sohee closed the 2022 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Week.