Miss Baek

I. Introduction

Miss Baek is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Ji-won and starring Han Ji-min, Kim Si-a, and Lee Hee-joon. The film was released on October 11, 2018, with an age 15-rating, for some violence and language. It was also selected to screen at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival and at the Stories of Woman program of the 3rd London East Asia Film Festival in London on October 25, 2018.

II. Synopsis

Small but tough Baek Sang Ah, known as Miss Baek, comes across a young girl, Ji Eun, a victim of domestic violence by her game-junkie father and his girlfriend. A lifetime of abandonment, abuse, and prejudice has taught Miss Baek how to shut others out, but she slowly opens up to Jieun she sees as a mirror of herself. When Ji Eun finally runs away from despairing violence Miss Baek whose sense of helplessness was pushing her to let Jieun go vows to fight for Ji Eun, even if it meant risking her own life.

III. Cast

Pic	Name	Character
	Han Ji Min	Baek Sang Ah
	Kim Shi Ah	Ji Eun
	Lee Hee Joon	Jang Sub
	Kwon So Hyun	Joo Mi Kyung
	Baek Soo Jang	Kim Il Gon
	Jang Young Nam	Jung Myung Sook
	Kim Sun Young	Jang Hoo Nam

IV. Trailer

V. Movie

VI. Reception

On its opening day, the film grossed US$154,667 from 21,891 attendance and finished in third place. The film finished in third place during its debut weekend, grossed US$1.3 million from 161,468 attendance. During its second weekend, the film fell to fourth place with US$1.1 million gross, though dropping just 11% in gross compared to its debut weekend. On November 3, the film surpassed its break-even point at 700.000 attendance. As of November 18, 2018, the film grossed US$5.4 million from 721,183 total attendance.

Asian Movie Pulse has reviewed Miss Baek as following - Miss Baek tackles a very difficult subject, yet it manages to do so with such expertise, marking a solid debut for director Lee Ji-won and making her a talent to watch for in future. Featuring strong performances and excellent technical aspects, it is a film that deserves a much wider audience and makes for essential viewing.

It has the scores of 8.2 on Mydramalist, 9.6 on Rakuten Viki, & 6.6 on IMDB.

VII. Awards & Nominations