Hope
Feature · Drama · 2013
Adapted by Soo Jin Lee / Directing Dept.
Awards
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards — Best Film, Best Screenplay;
50th Baeksang Arts Awards — Best Actor, Film (Sol Kyung-gu);
2014 Beijing International Film Festival — Best Supporting Actress (Lee Re).
On a rainy morning, eight-year-old So-won suffers a horrific ordeal — and her family slowly finds its way back to laughter from the depths of despair.
Synopsis
On a rainy morning on her way to school, So-won is dragged away by a drunken man and suffers an unthinkable attack. Left with wounds to body and mind that will never fully fade, So-won's family searches for hope beyond despair.
Characters
So-won (Lee Re)
Father Dong-hoon (Sol Kyung-gu)
Mother Mi-hee (Uhm Ji-won)
Jung-sook (Kim Hae-sook)
Gwang-sik (Kim Sang-ho)
Characters
Kim Seo-yeon (22, F)
A CLASS wedding planner with only a high school diploma. She manages her brides down to the last 0.1 kg, yet a month's pay wouldn't buy one of her clients' watches. Believing class is something you're born into, she stakes everything on stealing the identity of her dead client Ji-su to join the private class-matching show <Love Switch>.
Lee Jun-ho (30s, M)
The founder of Hakucoin, worth over 10 billion won, who wanders around in a stretched-out pink unicorn T-shirt. A man who reads the game well, he falls for Seo-yeon for real — but he joined <Love Switch> hiding who he is.
Jung Woo-jin (30s, M)
An investment firm CEO who sizes up a person's worth in 0.1 seconds. Beneath the elegant suit hides his true face: a dangerous predator who wouldn't hesitate to kill.
Park Ji-ho (22, M)
Seo-yeon's next-door neighbor and best guy friend of ten years. He tries to stop her from insisting on joining <Love Switch>, but in the end, puppy-loyal as ever, he drives her all the way to the remote island.
Ji-su (20s, F)
A VIP bride in Seo-yeon's care. She seemed to have it all — until she is found dead the day before her wedding shoot, setting the story in motion.
About the Writer
Soo Jin Lee
Director of Development, Uncut Gem
Screenwriter · Film Director
Assistant Professor, Stellar Arts Institute, Dongseo University
Ph.D. in Film & Video Production (Screenwriting), Dongguk University
Wrote or adapted 30+ features, TV dramas and microdramas
<Hope> adaptation · <Nyepi> screenplay · <Wife's Resignation> writer