LIKE A VIRGIN

Saturday, March 5th, 21:00, Cinémathèque Québécoise
LEE Hae-young and LEE Hae-jun, Korea, 2006, 116min, Korean with English subtitles

Synopsis
Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku believes himself to be a women trapped in a man's body. Living with his abusive, alcoholic father, Dong-ku works part-time and saves his money for a sex change surgery he craves. Despite being told that he has the perfect physique for Korean wrestling, ssireum. Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports, but when he finds out about an upcoming ssireum tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, he changes his mind and signs up for the team.

Bio
LEE Hae-young. Born in 1973, LEE graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. He is well known as the scriptwriter for films such as 'Conduct Zero' and 'Au Revoir UFO'

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