She's crushing on her gym teacher while her dad imports a stepmom from Mongolia. Summer chaos ensues.
Yong-soon is an 18-year-old high school student. She falls in love with her gym teacher, but she thinks her teacher might have a girlfriend. Yong-Soon and her friends try to find out whether he does have a girlfriend, but they can't find any clues. Making things worse, her father brings a new stepmother from Mongolia.
Acting
Lee Soo-kyung's committed awkwardness—physically painful to watch.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how teens actually talk (and lie).
Director
Shin Joon
Lee Soo-kyung
Yong-soon
Choi Deok-moon
Father
Park Keun-rok
PE Teacher
Kim Dong-young
Bbak-gyu
Choi Chan-sook
Che-yook's Mother
Kim Ja-young
Moon-hee's Mother
Park Chul-min
Chief of School Administration
Kim Min-jae
Music Teacher
Choi Yeo-jin
English Teacher
Kim Eung-soo
Principal
Kim Han-na
Athletic Club Senior
Kim Ha-yeon
Young Yong-soon
Kim Young-jae
Birth Mother's Old Love
Lee Na-ra
Birth Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare Korean cinema depiction of multicultural family formation through labor migration; the stepmom's silence reflects real integration struggles.
Director Shin Joon specifically cast an actual Mongolian immigrant with no acting experience, then rewrote scenes around her real Korean language limitations.
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