Penny Pinchers (Korean Movie) – 2011

Movie: Penny Pinchers (English title)
Revised romanization: Tikkeulmoa Lomaenseu
Hangul: 티끌모아 로맨스
Director: Kim Jung-Hwan
Writer: Kim Jung-Hwan
Producer: Ku Jung-Ah
Cinematographer:
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Distributor: Filament Pictures, CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Even though Ji-Woong (Song Joong-Ki) is a college graduate he still calls his mother for money. Ji-Woong doesn’t have a job and it’s not easy for him to find a job with his lackluster resume. He lives in a cheap rooftop apartment in a low income area and is five months behind on his rent. Yet, Ji-Woong isn’t despondent over his life and, in fact, lives his life like a playboy. Ji-Woong likes women and he doesn’t mind wooing women with lies if he thinks it will get their attention.

Hong-Sil (Han Ye-Seul) is a bit of an oddity. She doesn’t have any friends and lives her life extremely frugally to save money. She’ll rummage through abandoned homes, looking for items to resell for a profit. She also collects glass bottles for recycling and takes a handful of sugar packs from coffee shops whenever she buys coffee. Hong-Sil also lives in the same low income area as Ji-Woong and her rooftop apartment is directly adjacent to Ji-Woong’s.

One day, Hong-Sil learns that her neighborhood will undergo redevelopment and the tenants will receive 7 million Won ($6,000 USD) to relocate. Hong-Sil then thinks of a new way to make money. She knows the guy across from her apartment is delinquent on his rent and his landlady is about to kick him out. Hong-Sil then offers to pay for the five months of late rent payments if the landlady will evict Ji-Woong and writes her father’s name down as the tenant. The landlady happily agrees.

Now that Hong-Sil has gotten the relocation fee for both apartments she comes across another problem. Where to put her money? Her father is a chronic gambler who frequently comes by for money. Hong-Sil then sees Ji-Woong sleeping outside of the apartment he was recently evicted from. Realizing that he has nowhere to go, Hong-Sil invites Ji-Woong to sleep in a tent in front of her rooftop apartment if he’lll follow her for two months. Ji-Woong readily agrees to do so. He soon learns news to make money and also forms a bond with the quirky Hong-Sil.

Notes

1. Korean title changed several times prior to the movie’s release. First early working title was “Taeeonagin Haetjiman” (literally “I Was Born, But”), then changed to “Tikkeulmoa Taesan” (literally “Many a Litttle makes a Lot”) then finally revised to “Tikkeulmoa Lomaenseu” (literally “Many a Little Romance”).
2. Filming took place from March 5-May 16, 2011.

Cast

Han Ye-Seul	Song Joong-Ki
Hong-Sil	Ji-Woong

Additional Cast Members:

• Lee Sang-Yeob – Gwan-Woo
• Shin So-Yul – Gyung-Joo
• Lee Jae-Won – Tae-Woo
• Lee Yong-Joo – Chang-Geun
• Kim Hong-Fa – CEO Nam

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File : Penny.Pinchers.2011.Korean.720p.HDRip.x264.AAC-DA.mkv
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