Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone – until she is suddenly tasked with training a new recruit.
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South Korea Jeonju International Film Festival 
Hamburg Film Festival Korean Film Festival Frankfurt South Korea12 South Korea12 
USA South Korea USA
lonely lonely girls watch movies about lonely lonely girls
My God, I'm so lonely
So I open the window
To hear sounds of people
To hear sounds of people
So I open the TV and my phone to hear the sounds of people. Also, to prevent a single thought from occurring.
Hearing the connection sound eternally but not connecting, longing for the past... Till the connection finally goes through, till the past lets go. I saw a ghost yesterday and that ghost was me and it was also everyone I never met.
Show some sympathy, give it a try, turn off the TV, open your heart.
Not to get too personal on here but this movie is the closest thing I’ve watched to my life portrayed on screen. Jin-ah is an office worker who lives alone, is quiet, doesn’t like to socialise and fills her time watching videos and tv so she’s not alone with her thoughts. She tries to check in on her dad without intruding on his space, wants to know what’s wrong without asking him directly. She’s alone, but not always truly lonely. But when she does feel lonely- we can feel it too.
This is what it’s like to be an introvert. A young person who works to enjoy their free time yet spends their free time glued to a screen, watching…
that 2002 call with soojin….yeah i will never be the same after this
Falling asleep with the TV on and waking up to its noise, walking outside with music in your ears, sitting on the bus watching something on your phone, working with headphones on, or eating alone while consuming media—these are all ways Ji-na fills her days. She is constantly surrounded by sound and distraction, never experiencing a moment of true silence. But all of it is artificial.
Every sound she hears comes from a digital device. Every conversation happens over the phone or online. Every meal she shares is with someone who exists only on a screen.
This is a reality for many of us, myself included. Watching this film, I felt deeply connected to Ji-na. We share similar habits, and…
“i'm no good on my own. i just pretend to be.”
this hurt! i really love the contrast between how good ji-na is on calls with customers at work and the (phone) conversations she has in her personal life.
i'm also in the middle of reading olivia laing's the lonely city and i just moved back to toronto so this is really on brand... everyone who lives in a big city is really out here living like this huh :/
lonely people will appreciate this a lot. it's me, i'm lonely people
Korean cinema seems to empathize with working class stories in a way that isn't maudlin or mawkish. They just seem to understand that telling small intimate stories that reflect on the effects society has on forgotten people is worthwhile.
It's not glamorous. It's barely escapism. But it has value. It resonates. These are stories which feel relevant and important.
An honest look at loneliness and self-isolation. The way we are afraid to connect and push people away, the way we tell ourselves we want to be alone, and our devices help us keep our head down. Another really good feature film debut at TIFF! The pacing is definitely on the slow side, but it fits the mood and it's beautifully shot. Many people will find this relatable.
noise of the world is none of my concern. cycle of routine every single day without purpose. eat alone, work alone, live alone and die alone.
I really
Really
Really
Liked this movie. Poignant in many different ways & Interesting look at our entire society as of right now. We as humans spend so much time looking down at our phones, huddled to ourselves & never sharing that much interactions. We’ve all been there and continue to go to those places…. Our isolated lives & sometimes something changes that. It might be a slow burn but I just felt this personal piece was hitting me right into my heart!
Isolation is a huge part of our daily lives & many times we find ourselves in these fades
"I'm no good on my own. I just pretend to be."
Just breathing is not really living is it..
Liked this one quite a lot.
