Misbehavior | |
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Hangul | 여교사 |
Revised Romanization | Yeogyosa |
Directed by | Kim Tae-yong |
Written by | Kim Tae-yong |
Produced by | Kang Hae-jung Kim Hyung-min Jo Sung-min |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kim Tae-soo |
Edited by | Kim Jae-bum Kim Sang-bum |
Music by | Bang Jun-seok |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Filament Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$842,563[1] |
Misbehavior (Korean: 여교사; RR: Yeogyosa, lit. "Female Teacher") is a 2016 South Korean psychological thriller film written and directed by Kim Tae-yong. The film stars Kim Ha-neul, Yoo In-young and Lee Won-keun.[2][3]
A love triangle among two female teachers and a male student.
Park Hyo-joo is a part time chemistry teacher at a high school. After her colleague goes on a maternity leave, she takes over as the homeroom teacher. However, she becomes envious of the newcomer Cha Hae-young, who became a tenured teacher through her rich connections.
At home, she has to struggle with her deadbeat boyfriend who gaslights her. Eventually, she breaks up with him. One night, Park Hyo-joo discovers Cha Hae-young having sex with a student named Shin Jae-ha. The next morning, she threatens to expose Cha Hae-young unless she breaks up with Shin Jae-ha. In the following days, Park Hyo-joo enrolls Shin Jae-ha in ballet classes, to support him for an upcoming competition. During that time, she seduces the student to cope with loneliness.
Shin Jae-ha wins 2nd place in the competition. Later, he maliciously reveals to Park Hyo-joo that their affair was initiated to give Cha Hae-young leverage over her. Park Hyo-joo's contract isn't renewed. She begs Cha Hae-young to negotiate with her father, the chairman of the board, to which the other woman agrees. Later, at a hotel suite, Cha Hae-young reveals that she was just fooling around with Shin Jae-ha and that she never really loved him. Park Hyo-joo murders her by pouring boiling water over her face. She calls Shin Jae-ha at the room, and they have sex, but he asserts that he only loves Cha Hae-young and not Park Hyo-joo. Afterwards, Shin Jae-ha is devastated to discover Cha Hae-young's corpse. The movie ends with Park Hyo-joo eating at school as the police comes for her.
Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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22nd Chunsa Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Ha-neul | Nominated | [5] |
Best Supporting Actress | Yoo In-young | Won | ||
Best New Actor | Lee Won-keun | Nominated | ||
2017 Korean Film Shining Star Awards | Popularity Award | Yoo In-young | Won | [6] |
26th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Ha-neul | Nominated | [7] |
Best Supporting Actress | Yoo In-young | Nominated | ||
Best New Actor | Lee Won-keun | Nominated | ||
1st The Seoul Awards | Nominated | [8] |