Alice in Earnestland

{{Infobox film

| name = Alice in Earnestland

| image = Alice_in_Earnestland.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Ahn Gooc-jin

| producer = Yoo Young-shik
Choi Ik-hwan

| writer = Ahn Gooc-jin

| based_on =

| starring = Lee Jung-hyun

| cinematography = Lee Seok-jun

| editing = Kim Woo-il

| music = Jang Young-gyu

| distributor = CGV Arthouse

| studio = KAFA Films

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| runtime = 90 minutes

| budget = {{SK won|200 million}}

| gross = {{SK won|760 million}}

| released = {{Film date|2015|05|01|Jeonju International Film Festival|2015|08|13}}

}}

Alice in Earnestland ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^성실한 나라의 앨리스|rr=yes}}) is a 2015 South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, in his first feature film.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/kofic_news.jsp?blbdComCd=601007&seq=1671&mode=VIEW|title=Alice Works Earnestly in Cinemas|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|accessdate=21 August 2015|date=14 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/08/141_185022.html |title=Alice in Earnestland shakes box office |website=The Korea Times |accessdate=21 August 2015 |date=17 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819235225/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/08/141_185022.html |archivedate=19 August 2015 }} It premiered at the 16th Jeonju International Film Festival where it received the Grand Prize in the Korean Competition; jury member and noted East Asian film critic Tony Rayns praised the film as "Funny, shocking and sometimes cruel, this film has enough invention and energy to take your breath away."{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3424|title=POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP and ALICE IN EARNESTLAND Triumph in Jeonju|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|accessdate=21 August 2015|date=7 March 2015}}{{cite web|last=Song|first=Soon-jin|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=252|title=Wrapping up the 16th Jeonju International Film Festival|website=Korean Cinema Today|accessdate=21 August 2015|date=27 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=ALICE IN EARNESTLAND Hits 30,000 Admissions Mark|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3557|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|accessdate=20 September 2015|date=26 August 2015}}