I Can Speak is a 2017 South Korean film directed by Kim Hyun-seok, starring Na Moon-hee and Lee Je-hoon. The film was released on September 21, 2017.
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Plot
An elderly woman (played by Na Moon-hee) constantly files complaints with the local office about the wrongs that she sees around her each day. Along the way, she forms an unlikely friendship with a junior civil service officer (played by Lee Je-hoon) who begins to teach her English. Being the teacher of the elderly woman, he realizes the genuine reason why she learned English and becomes an important supporter in earnest.
Though the film is a comedy, the genre serves as a vehicle to discuss the deeper topic of Korean "comfort women" during World War II.
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Cast
Main
- Na Moon-hee as Na Ok-boon
- Choi Soo-in as young Na Ok-boon
A frequent trouble making visitor at the local public government office who has filed over 8,000 civil complaints.
- Lee Je-hoon as Park Min-jae
A ninth grade civil servant who comes across Na Ok-boon and teaches her English as per her request.
Supporting
- Yum Hye-ran as Woman from Jinju
- Lee Sang-hee as Hye-jung
- Son Sook as Jung-sim
- Lee Jae-in as young Jung-sim
- Kim So-jin as Geum-joo
- Park Chul-min as Team leader Yang
- Jung Yeon-joo as A-young
- Lee Ji-hoon as Jong-hyun
- Lee Dae-yeon as Borough chief
- Sung Yoo-bin as Young-jae
Reception
I Can Speak was released in South Korea on September 21, 2017. On its opening weekend it topped the local box office, grossing US$5.2 million from 727,000 admissions over four days. By September 29, 2017, the film had surpassed the 1 million viewer mark and collected a total of US$8.1 million in ticket sales.
During the Korean Chuseok holiday weekend, the movie attracted 462,939 viewers, increasing the total number of ticket sale to 2.86 million.
According to the Korean Film Council, just twenty days after its release, I Can Speak had attracted 3 million viewers.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- I Can Speak at HanCinema
- I Can Speak on IMDb
- I Can Speak at the Korean Movie Database
- I Can Speak Review on YBMW
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