Maggie

Maggie

2019 · 88 min · KO · 7.6 (20 votes)
Dir. Yi Ok-seop · Starring Lee Joo-young, Koo Kyo-hwan, Moon So-ri, Chun Woo-hee, Park Kyung-hye, Park Jong-hwan

She wants to believe for everything.

DramaComedy

A couple's hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.

VIBE

This film feels like a quiet, anxious Tuesday afternoon. It captures the mundane dread of navigating social pressures and the quiet desperation of a job hunt, all with a darkly comedic, observational touch. It's relatable and a little unsettling.

awkwardanxiousquirkymelancholicsteadyindie comedyslice-of-lifesocial realismworkplace dynamicsanxietysocial commentaryidentity
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nursesocietysymbolismhospitaljob seekingsocial problemsindependent filmseoulsouth korea