Misbehavior (film)
{{Short description|2016 South Korean film by Kim Tae-yong}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Misbehavior
| image = Misbehavior_(film)-poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name
| hangul = 여교사
| hanja =
| rr = Yeogyosa}}
| director = Kim Tae-yong
| producer = Kang Hye-jung
Kim Hyung-min
Jo Sung-min
| writer = Kim Tae-yong
| based_on =
| starring =
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| music = Bang Jun-seok
| cinematography = Kim Tae-soo
| editing = Kim Jae-bum
Kim Sang-bum
| studio = Filmmaker R&K
| distributor = Filament Pictures
| released = {{film date|2016|11|06|HIFF|2017|01|04|South Korea}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
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Misbehavior ({{korean|여교사||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.{{cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/01/06/2017010601168.html|title=Misbehavior (2016)|publisher=English Chosun|access-date=2017-02-12|archive-date=2017-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808012936/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/01/06/2017010601168.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/misbehavior-951335/|title='Misbehavior': Film Review - Hawaii International Film Festival 2016|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 30, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2022|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729100732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/misbehavior-951335/|url-status=live}}
Plot
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.
Cast
- Kim Ha-neul as Park Hyo-joo
:A restrained part-time instructor at an all-male high school. Emotionally torn, she discovers that her junior Hae-young has nabbed a full-time position at the school through her connections.{{cite web |url=http://en.yibada.com/articles/182015/20161229/misbehavior-lee-won-geun-opens-up-bed-scene-kim-ha-neul.htm |title='Misbehavior' update: Lee Won Geun opens up about |publisher=En.yibada.com |date=2016-12-29 |accessdate=2017-10-27 |archive-date=2017-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232745/http://en.yibada.com/articles/182015/20161229/misbehavior-lee-won-geun-opens-up-bed-scene-kim-ha-neul.htm |url-status=live }}
- Yoo In-young as Cha hae-young
- Lee Won-keun as Shin Jae-ha
:A submissive student, who is keenly aware of his teachers' physical and emotional needs.
- Lee Ki-woo as Choi Min-ho
- Lee Hee-joon as Pyo Sang-woo
- Gi Ju-bong as Shin Byung-soo
:Shin Jae-ha's father.
- Kwak Dong-yeon as Yoo Jong-ki
- Lee Geung-young as Board Chairman
- Kim Soo-jin as Female Teacher
- Lim Hwa-young as Lee Yoon-mi
Awards and nominations
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{hancinema film|Misbehavior}}
- {{IMDb title|tt6302006}}
- {{kmdb film|15831|Misbehavior}}
- [http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=139673 Misbehavior] at Naver Movies {{in lang|ko}}
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Category:South Korean romantic thriller films
Category:2010s psychological drama films