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Beasts Clawing at Straws
The lives of ten strangers collide when a cleaner finds a bag stuffed with money in this slick, jet-black comedy that unspools like a Korean Pulp Fiction. Starring Academy Award winner Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari).
Director: Kim Yong-hoon
Overview
In this slick crime thriller, the lives of 10 strangers collide and come crashing down when a cleaner, forced to care for his ailing mother, finds an abandoned Luis Vuitton bag stuffed full of money. Gangsters, a sleazy cop, a young escort along with her violent husband, ruthless boss and naïve boyfriend, all scheme to get their hands on the cash.
strong bloody violence, language, domestic abuse
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