The Bacchus Lady (2016)

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• Movie: The Bacchus Lady
• Revised romanization: Jookyeojooneun Yeoja
• Hangul: 죽여주는 여자

• Director: E J-Yong
• Writer: E J-Yong
• Producer: Suh Dong-Hyun, E J-Yong, Yu Young-Sik
• Cinematographer: Kim Young-Ro
• World Premiere: February 12, 2016 (Berlin IFF)
• Release Date: October 6, 2016
• Runtime: 111 min.
• Genre: Drama / Elderly
• Distributor: CGV Arthouse
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

So-Young (Youn Yuh-Jung) is 65 years old. She supports herself by working as a prostitute for older men. She becomes popular among the elderly men through word-of-mouth. She enjoys peaceful days with her neighbors like her transgender landlady Ti-Na, poor figurine artist Do-Hoon, kopino boy Min-Ho and others. One day, her former regular client Song asks her to kill him. She becomes conflicted with guilt and sympathy, but she lets him die. Since then, others ask her to kill them.