Misbehavior
Theatrical poster
Hangul
여교사
Revised RomanizationYeogyosa
Directed byKim Tae-yong
Written byKim Tae-yong
Produced byKang Hae-jung
Kim Hyung-min
Jo Sung-min
Starring
CinematographyKim Tae-soo
Edited byKim Jae-bum
Kim Sang-bum
Music byBang Jun-seok
Production
company
Filmmaker R&K
Distributed byFilament Pictures
Release dates
  • November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) (HIFF)
  • January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04) (South Korea)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$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]

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

A restrained part-time instructor at an all-male high school. Emotionally torn, she discovers that her junior Hye-young has nabbed a full-time position at the school through her connections.[4]
A submissive student, who is keenly aware of his teachers' physical and emotional needs.
Shin Jae-ha's father.

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
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 AwardsPopularity AwardYoo In-youngWon[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 AwardsNominated[8]

References

  1. ↑ "MISBEHAVIOR (2016)". Archived from the original on 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Misbehavior (2016)". English Chosun. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  3. ↑ "'Misbehavior': Film Review - Hawaii International Film Festival 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  4. ↑ "'Misbehavior' update: Lee Won Geun opens up about". En.yibada.com. 2016-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  5. ↑ ‘2017 춘사영화상’ 나홍진, 최우수감독상…하정우·손예진 남녀주연상. SE Daily (in Korean). May 25, 2017. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Kwon, Nam-young (July 4, 2017). 손현주·김해숙·설경구·김윤진 올 한국영화를 빛낸 스타에 선정 (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  7. ↑ 본선작소개 | 부일영화상 (in Korean). Builfilm.busan.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  8. ↑ Jeong, Da-hoon (2017-09-28). ‘제1회 더 서울어워즈’ 노미네이트 공개, 이보영 지성 김희선 조승우 등 화려한 라인업 공개 (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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