I Like It Hot (2008) (KOREA)

K-Movie: I Like It Hot (2008)

Also known as: Hellcats / Some Like It Hot / Ddeugeoun geotsi joa
Director: Chil-in Kwon
Language: Korean

Release Date: January 17, 2008
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance

AsianMediaWiki link:
http://asianmediawiki.com/Hellcats


Synopsis/Plot

27 year old screenwriter Ami (Min-hie Kim) hasn’t completed her first script in over a year. On her birthday she gets scolded by her older sister Young-mi (Mi-suk Lee)and her niece Kang-ae (So-hee Ahn). To seek consolation she turns to her boyfriend Eun-sook, who she knows is a deadbeat and headed in the wrong direction.

Because of this, she relunctunctly goes on a blind date and meets Soong-won. He’s a confident accountant and seems to be the better choice for her, but woefully lacks a sense of humor. She is kind of attracted to him, but is this love? Should she think about marriage or keep working herself to death?

Her older sister, Young-mi, is 41 years old, an interior designer, and a single mother. She seems to enjoy her life and her work. Young-mi then meets a younger guy while working on an assignment and they have a one night stand. She kind of likes him, but also wants to be professional at work. The couple pretends not to know each other by day. Young-mi also notices sudden mood swings which her doctor attributes to the menopause. She notices that she gets easily annoyed by Keung-su. Is this the oncoming stages of menopause?

Young-mi’s daughter, Kang-ae, is a high school student who’s usually kept busy looking after her mom and her frustrated aunt. In her own personal life she has a boyfriend named Ho-Jae. They’ve been dating for three years, but still stuck in the first stages of a relationship. To her annoyance, he seems more interested in games and motorcycles than her. Young’mi’s friend than pushes her to have sex with Kang-ae


Cast

Mi-suk Lee - Yeong-mi Kim
Min-hie Kim - Ah-mi Kim
So-hie Ahn - Kang-ae Kim