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Directed by
  
Park Suk-young

Written by
  
Park Suk-young

Music by
  
Kim Dong-ki

Director
  
Park Suk-young

Cast
  
Jeong Ha-dam

Produced by
  
Bak Seong-jin

Starring
  
Jeong Ha-dam

Initial release
  
October 2015

Music director
  
Kim Dong-gi

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Cinematography
  
Park Hyeong-ik Oh Tae-Seung

Producers
  
BAK Seong-jin, Bak Sungjin

Nominations
  
Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress

Similar
  
Beijing Carmen, A Break Alone, Su saek, DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet, The World of Us

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Steel Flower (Hangul: 스틸 플라워; RR: Seutil Peulrawo) is a 2015 South Korean film starring Jeong Ha-dam. Written and directed by Park Suk-young, it depicts the story of a young homeless girl struggling to make a living in Busan.

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It made its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in 2015. Since then, it has won numerous awards.

Forging a steel flower


Plot

A young homeless girl, Ha-dam, moves to Busan in the hopes of finding work, only to be rebuffed at every turn.

Cast

  • Jeong Ha-dam as Ha-dam
  • Kim Tae-hee as Japanese restaurant owner
  • Yu An as a woman who "hires" but fails to pay Ha-dam to hand out advertising leaflets
  • Park Myung-hoon as seafood restaurant owner
  • Choi Moon-soo as a woman who has an ugly physical confrontation Ha-dam
  • Reception

    Jeong Ha-dam was praised for her performance: Variety's Richard Kuipers: "Jeong succeeds marvelously with a compelling and sympathetic performance as the lost and badly damaged soul." and Marrakech International Film Festival's review by Raffi Asdourian: "Jeong Ha-dam's powerful breakthrough performance elevates Steel Flower into a higher stratosphere than the narrative deserves."

    Twitch Film's Pierce Conran said of Steel Flower: "Steel Flower doesn't go near as far as it could, yet it still leaves an impression."

    References

    Steel Flower Wikipedia