Hellcats (film)

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Hellcats
Three women eating lolipops
Korean name
Hangul
뜨거운 것이 좋아
Revised RomanizationTteugeoun Geosi Joa
McCune–ReischauerTtŭgŏun Kŏsi Choa
Directed byKwon Chil-in[1]
Written byKim Hyun-soo
Kim Soo-ah
Park Hye-ryun
Produced byKang Woo-suk
Kim Eun-young
Starring
CinematographyJo Yong-gyu
Edited byKim Sun-min
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • January 17, 2008 (2008-01-17)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Hellcats (Korean: 뜨거운 것이 좋아; RR: Tteugeoun Geosi Joa; lit. "I Like It Hot" or "Some Like It Hot") is a 2008 South Korean romantic comedy film about an extended family of three women from different generations—the fortysomething interior designer Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook), the 27-year old screenwriter Ah-mi (Kim Min-hee), and the high school student Kang-ae (Ahn So-hee) -- who are all engaged in dilemmas regarding love and sex.[2][3]

Plot

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27-year-old Ah-mi is a freelance screenwriter, and she's on her 17th rewrite for a screenplay that has been in the works for over a year. For the past 3 years, she's been living with her older sister Young-mi because she can't afford rent on her own. Ah-mi dreams of success and independence, but these seem far-off. She has a boyfriend named Won-suk, a member of a struggling rock band, who is mostly broke. Then one day, she goes out on a blind date and a new guy, Seung-won, enters her life. Seung-won is a successful accountant, and is very different from Won-suk.

Meanwhile, 40-year-old Young-mi is a happy, independent single mother and interior designer. She begins working with a theatre company where she meets a much younger actor named Kyoung-soo, who takes a romantic interest in her. But even her sexy, confident self gets insecure when on her next doctor's visit, she learns that she's undergoing menopause.

There is also Young-mi's teenage daughter, Kang-ae. She is a bright, optimistic high school student, whose current goal in life is to figure out a way to get a kiss from her boyfriend of three years, Ho-jae. Kang-ae's best friend, Mi-ran, a self-proclaimed dating expert, coaches Kang-ae in matters of love. Mi-ran helps Kang-ae plan a strategy for her first kiss, but their scheme goes haywire, and Kang-ae's first kiss ends up being with Mi-ran.

Although different in age, attitude about life, and dating preferences, the three women each learn to find their own unique way to happiness.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Won
Best New Actor Kim Heung-soo Nominated
9th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Won
17th Buil Film Awards Best New Actress Ahn So-hee Nominated
Best Editing Kim Sun-min Won
7th Korean Film Awards Best Actress Kim Min-hee Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Korean Film Observatory: Quarterly Herald about the Film Industry and Policy in Korea". 2007.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 January 2008). "Hellcats Is Charmingly Off-Tune". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  3. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (8 January 2008). "Hellcats rejects men, holds girl-only party". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
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