Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Hangul RRChinjeolhan geumjassi lit. Kindhearted Geumja is a 2005 South Korean film by director Park Chanwook. In North America and parts of Europe, the film has been screened under the title Lady Vengeance. The film is the third installment in Parks The Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 and Oldboy 2003. It stars Lee Youngae as Lee Geumja, a woman released from prison after serving the sentence for a murder she did not commit. The film tells her story of revenge against the real murderer and cop who forced her to confess.

A Christian musical procession waits outside a prison for Lee Geumja Lee Youngae, a recently reformed female prisoner, who had been convicted of murdering a young schoolboy, Wonmo. The case, a national sensation because of her young age at the time of the murder and innocent appearance, earns her a lengthy prison sentence, reduced because of her apparent spiritual transformation in prison and her good conduct toward other inmates, results in the nickname of the KindHearted GeumJa. As Lee Geumja emerges from prison, she immediately sidesteps the procession, intent on revenge.Mr. Baek Choi Minsik extorts the aid of Lee Geumja, who aided him in the kidnapping of the murdered fiveyearold child. It is implied in the movie that she was not the one who committed the murder as she was not aware of the missing marble or the colour of the pillow that was used as the murder weapon. In a formal reenactment of the crime scene she had to take a hint from the case detective to decide the correct colour pillow to use on a mannequin. Lee Geumja confesses to the crime by order of Mr. Baek, who kidnapped and threatened to murder her newborn daughter if she were to refuse to aid him. Inside prison, Geumja makes a number of friends with her angelic, maternal demeanor, donating a kidney to one inmate, tenderly caring for others and poisoning the prison bully. Once paroled, GeumJa immediately visits the other paroled inmates, calling in favors that include food, shelter, and weapons. She also begins work at a local pastry shop, under the tutelage of a chef who previously volunteered at the prison. Further distancing herself from her kindhearted reputation, she wears red eye shadow, provocative highheel pumps and chronically dreams about murdering Mr. Baek. ........

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