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    A Leave

    LEE Ran-Hee 2020 South Korea Feature color 81min Korean DCP
    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 anddaily life with his daughters grows, Jae-bok receives an offer for a full-time job....

    Director

    LEE Ran-Hee

    Born in 1971, LEE studied English language and literature and was a member of the theatre company Han River from 1996 to 2004, both as an actor and as a planner. Her short film A Perm, A Night before the Wedding, and A Tent were widely acclaimed worldwide. A Leave is her first debut film.

    LEE Ran-Hee

    2020 A Leave

    2016 A Tent

    2014 A Night before the Wedding 

    2009 A Perm

    2006 Sweet Dreams 

    2005 Nineteen, Twenty

    Director, Screenwriter：LEE Ran-Hee
    Producer：SHIN Woon-Seop
    Cinematographer：NOH Sin-Ung
    Editor：LEE Yeon-Jung
    Art: KIM So-Hee
     

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