- Drama, Romance
- 105 min
IMDb7.4
Whiskey and cigarettes, the only ways of keeping her dignity in this city.
Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.
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- griggs79on TMDB · Mar 20259/10
_Microhabitat_ is quietly funny in that dry, blink-and-you'll miss it sort of way. Jeon Go-woon's debut is a subtle but assured sly satire about how utterly absurd adulthood turns out to be. The story follows Miso, played with pitch-perfect restraint by Esom, a character whose struggle to afford life's small pleasures in a world that demands too much and gives too little is all too relatable. Her choice of cigarettes and alcohol over her flat is a stark reflection of the compromises many of us make. What follows is a sofa-surfing odyssey through the crumbling dreams of her so-called friends, now the so-called 'adults'. Each stop is a mini-tragicomic gem. Her sister, in the glamourous corporate job, which turns out to be little more than serfdom, held together by intravenous supplements, for which she undertook a nursing qualification to administer (the most valuable training she's taken). The joyless new parents, the pitiful man-child, a 50-year-old living with his parents, who support his attempts of abduction in order to marry him off. There's bleak satire in every corner—an unflinching look at how adulthood has failed us all. Never cruel—just painfully recognisable. Miso's drift
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Cast
- EsomMi-so
- Ahn Jae-hongHan-sol
- Kang Jin-ahMoon-young
- Kim Guk-heeHyun-jung
- Lee Sung-wookDae-yong
- Choi Deok-moonRock-yi
- Kim Jae-hwaJung-mi
- Cho Soo-hyangMin-ji
- Kim Yae-eunJae-kyung
- Park Ji-youngReal Estate Manager
Crew
- Jeon Go-woonDirector
- Jeon Go-woonScreenplay
- Kim Tae-sooDirector of Photography
- Kwun Hyun-jeongOriginal Music Composer
- Go Bong-gonEditor
- Kim Soon-moProducer
- Kim Tae-gonProducer
- Jeon Go-woonProducer
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