TOEIC (Test Of English for International Communicationn) exams and corruption make an odd pair of themes to exist in the same film but that’s exactly what “The Sound of a Flower” director Lee Jong-pil is attempting in his new feature “Samjin Company English Class“.
Synopsis
In 1995, Lee Ja-young, Jung Yoo-na and Sim Bo-ram are friends and co-workers at Samjin Company. They have been working there for 8 years. They are good at their work, but, because of their high school only educational backgrounds, they are still at the bottom of the company.
One day, the company announces that any employee that attains a score of 600 or higher on the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) exam will receive a promotion to assistant manager. Employees who rank at the bottom of the company attend a Samjin Co. English Class in hopes of receiving the promotion. They dream of doing real work, rather than making coffee, cleaning up and running to make copies. Lee Ja-young, Jung Yoo-na and Sim Bo-ram attend the Samjin Co. English Class and study hard for the TOEIC exam.
Meanwhile, Lee Ja-young notices wastewater discharge from a Samjin factory affecting the environment. She tries to make a report to the company, but the company ignores her. Lee Ja-young, Jung Yoo-na and Sim Bo-ram struggle to expose corruption inside their company.
Starring in the production are Go Ah-sung (“A Resistance“) as Lee Ja-young, Esom (“Microhabitat“) as Jung Yoo-na and Park Hye-soo (“Swing Kids“) as Sim Bo-ram. Also featuring are Cho Hyun-chul (“Coin Locker Girl”), Jung Yi-seo (“Parasite“) and Kim Jong-soo (“Baseball Girl“). “Samjin Company English Class” will be in South Korean cinemas at some point in October, 2020.
