Cart (film)

Cart
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Directed byBoo Ji-young
Written byKim Kyung-chan
Produced byJamie Shim[1]
StarringYum Jung-ah
Moon Jeong-hee
CinematographyKim Woo-hyung
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Production
companies
Myung Films
9ers Entertainment
Distributed byLittle Big Pictures
Release dates
  • September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07) (TIFF)
  • November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) (South Korea)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$5.2 million[2]

Cart (Korean: 카트; RR: Kateu) is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Boo Ji-young[3][4][5] about employees of a retail supermarket who band together when the contract workers are laid off, it is both an ensemble drama and a social critique.[6][7]

It made its world premiere in the City to City: Seoul sidebar of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[8][9][10][11] Cart will also screen at the 19th Busan International Film Festival and the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival.[12]

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  2. ^ "Cart (2014)". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  3. ^ Kim, Su-yeon (17 October 2014). "Cart Director Boo Ji-young: "Especially interested in the weak in society"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  4. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (6 November 2014). "Herald Interview: Director tackles temp-worker issues". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  5. ^ Jin, Eun-soo (7 November 2014). "Cart publicizes plight of temporary workers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  6. ^ Song, Soon-jin (10 December 2013). "Completed Casting for THE CART about Discount Store Workers". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  7. ^ Mattson, Kelcie (18 September 2014). "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Boo Ji-Young - Cart". Indiewire. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  8. ^ Bailey, Cameron. "Cart". TIFF.net. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  9. ^ Conran, Pierce (12 August 2014). "TIFF Reveals City to City: Seoul Lineup". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  10. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (25 August 2014). "Toronto film fest taps Korea for spotlight". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  11. ^ Bechervaise, Jason (17 September 2014). "Toronto continues to spotlight Asian film industry". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  12. ^ Kim, June (2 October 2014). "South Korean Films Fly to Hawaii International Film Festival". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-09.