Different desires of these lowlifes slowly gather around the money bag.
The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violenc...more
Different desires of these lowlifes slowly gather around the money bag.
The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover Jin-tae, who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.less
Genre
Thriller, Crime
Production Status
Released
Running Time
108min
Release Date
Feb 19, 2020
Country
South Korea
Rating
19
Language
Co-Production
N
Original
Box Office
Number of Screens : 996
Total Admissions : 629,279
Total Gross : $3,836,019
As of Oct 28, 2025
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Awards and Invitation
Asian Summer Film Festival in Barcelona, Vic (2021) - Official Competitive Section
The Blue Dragon Awards (2021)
- Best Editing
Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2021) - Faces
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (2020) - Critics Selection
New York Asian Film Festival (2020) - Co-Presented with the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
New York Asian Film Festival (2020) - South Korea's Hidden Voices
Odessa International Film Festival (2020) - International Competition
Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (2020) - Asian Cuts
Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2020) - Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
Edinburgh International Film Festival (2020) - Feature Fiction
London East Asia Film Festival (2020)
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (2020) - Black Raven Competition
Fribourg International Film Festival (2020) - International Competition: Feature Films
Udine Far East Film Festival (2020) - Competition
- Special Mention
International Film Festival Rotterdam (2020) - Tiger Competition
- Special Jury Award