A Tiger in Winter

2017 South Korean film

October 2017 (2017-10) (BIFF)
12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) (South Korea)

Running time

107 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKorean

A Tiger in Winter (Korean: 호랑이보다 무서운 겨울손님) is a 2017 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Lee Kwang-kuk and starring Lee Jin-wook and Go Hyun-jung. It made its world premiere in the Korean Cinema Today at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in 2017.^[1]

Plot

Gyeong-yu (Lee Jin-wook) has nowhere to stay when his girlfriend asks him to vacate her apartment for a few days while her parents visit. While working as a substitute driver, he meets his ex-girlfriend Yoo-jung (Go Hyun-jung). Can they start over as they face challenges in their lives?^[2]^[3]

Cast

Lee Jin-wook as Gyeong-yu
Go Hyun-jung as Yoo-jung
Seo Hyun-woo as corrupt
Ryu Hyun-kyung as Hyeon-ji
Kim Dae-gon as Fast-food restaurant manager
Kim Ye-eun as substitute guest
Moon Chang-gil as middle-aged guest

References

^ Boyce, Laurence (12 October 2017). "'A Tiger In Winter': Busan Review". Screen International. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ Hyams, Rosslyn (5 February 2018). "Lee Kwang-kuk faces fears in his A Tiger in Winter at French film festival". RFI. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "A Tiger in Winter (2018)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 5 January 2019.