HAIL TO HELL
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2023

HAIL TO HELL

Directed by Oh-jeong Lim

Info

Director: Oh-jeong Lim
Section: International Independents
Country: South Korea
Year: 2022
OT: JI-OK-MAN-SE
Language: Korean
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Woo-ri Oh, Hyo-rin Bang, Yi-ju Jung, Sung-hoon Park
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

What do you do when your bully turns out not to be as mean as she seemed? This brave young feminine film from Korea is a real discovery!

Na Mi and Sun Woo are the outsiders at their school. Their only way out appears to be suicide. But when they find out that their former bully, Chae-lin, is now living a happy life in Seoul, they want revenge. The Chae-lin they meet again, however, is not the one they used to know. She's stuck in a strange religious institution, which leaves the two girls in a predicament: Should they help her or follow their original plan?

Meet the director

HAIL TO HELL

Oh-jeong Lim

Oh-jeong Lim, born in 1982, graduated from Chung-Ang University in 2004 with a degree in photography. She studied film, TV and multimedia at the Korea National University of Arts. Her graduation film, NO MORE, NO LESS, was invited to the Jeonju International Film Festival. In 2009, she received the top prize (for best picture and best acting performance) at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival for EMPTY LIES. HAIL TO HELL is Oh-jeong Lim's first feature film.

Credits

Screenplay: Oh-jeong Lim
Director of Photography: Grim Jeong
Film Editor: Kyoung-yoon Choi
Composer: Jawan Koo
Production Designer: Jin-young Kim
Costume Design: Soo-jin Oh
Sound: In-gyu Lee, Yoon-yong Seong
Make-up artist: Seung-hyun Lee
Producer: Se-hun Kim
Production Company: KAFA(Korean Academy of Film Arts)
World Sales: M-Line Distribution