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Korea | 2018 | 114’ | DCP | Colour | Korean | Group: B

Director: Choi Kook-hee

An introduction of the film will be given by film delegation before the film screening

Korea. 1997. Si-hyun, the monetary policy manager at the bank of Korea, predicts a national financial crisis and tries to prevent it. Jung-hak, a financial consultant, also senses the impending crisis and decides to play the odds by making contradictory investments. Meanwhile, Gap-su, an owner of a small factory, scores a big contract with major retailer, oblivious of the looming disaster. Over the course of one week, the lives of all three are turned upside down as Korea is forced to declare bankruptcy.

Korean film-maker Choi Kook-hee was born in 1976 and directed several shorts before making his feature debut in 2016 with Split, an inside look at the hustlers working the world of bowling. He won the best first feature award at the Fantasia International Film Festival for the film. Default is his second feature.