''Miss Baek'' () is a 2018 South Korean

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directed by Lee Ji-won and starring

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Kim Si-a Kim Si-a (; born May 6, 2008), is a South Korean child actress. She had notable roles in '' Miss Baek'' (2018), '' Ashfall'' (2019), ''Kingdom: Ashin of the North'' (2021) and '' The Silent Sea'' (2021). She signed an exclusive contract with My ...

, and

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. The film was released in South Korea on October 11, 2018.

Plot

The story of a woman who grew up abused and neglected, meets a little girl with similar past whom she is determined to save.

Cast

as Baek Sang-ah **Kim Bo-min as young Sang-ah *

as Kim Ji-eun *

as Jang-Sup *

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as Joo Mi-kyung *Baek Soo-jang as Kim Il-kon * Kim Sun-young as Jang Hoo-nam *

Jeon Seok-ho Jeon Seok-ho (born May 2, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his role in '' Kingdom'' as the incompetent magistrate. He starred in TV series such as '' Misaeng: Incomplete Life'' (2014), ''The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an Am ...

as Detective Bae * Lee Joo-young as Yoo Jang-mi * Lee Jung-eun as a Message parlor owner *Jo Min-joon as Detective Kang *Yoon Song-ah a Social Worker *Kim Joon-bum as Lecturer Jo *Jung Kyung-ho as a Police chief *Kim Ho-chang as a man police officer *Yoo Jung-rae as a woman police officer *Shin Soo-jung as Nurse Shin *Kim Ji-hye as Nurse Kim *Hong Sung-ho as Lecturer Ma *Park Ki-sun as a grandfather in Car Center *Han Yong-hwan as a Courier *Kim Ji-hee as a neighborhood woman *Sung Hyun-mi as a Super Auntie *Keum Dong-hyun as a Super Uncle *Kim Dae-in as the former male student *Kim Min-ki as a man * Jang Young-nam as Jung Myung-sook (''cameo'')

Release

The film was released on October 11, 2018, with an age 15-rating, for some violence and language. The film was selected to screen at the 31st

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and at the ''Stories of Woman'' program of the 3rd London East Asia Film Festival in London on October 25, 2018.

Reception

On its opening day, the film grossed from 21,891 attendance and finished in third place. The film finished in third place during its debut weekend, grossed from 161,468 attendance, tailing ''

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'' and ''

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''. During its second weekend, the film fell to fourth place with gross, though dropping just 11% in gross compared to its debut weekend. On November 3, the film surpassed its

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point at 700.000 attendance. As of November 18, 2018, the film grossed from 721,183 total attendance.

Awards and nominations

References

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* * * {{Naver title, 155356 2018 films 2010s Korean-language films South Korean drama films 2018 drama films 2018 directorial debut films 2010s South Korean films