It’s Okay!
Es ist okay!
While In-young and her classmates at the Seoul International Arts Company are performing overseas, In-young’s mother tragically dies at home in Korea. In-young remains bravely resilient during the difficult first year of mourning. Threatened with eviction as a result of overdue rent payments, she secretly moves into the building of her dance school. Seol-ah, the head choreographer, discovers In-young’s hideout and reluctantly takes her into her home. The company’s 60th-anniversary performance is coming up and Seol-ah feels pressured to put on a flawless show. Meanwhile, In-young becomes the target of envy and bullying from the ensemble’s top dancer. Gradually, In-young and Seol-ah learn to reconcile their expectations with reality and find unexpected comfort in each other’s company.
With
- Lee Re (In-young)
- Jin Seo-yeon (Seol-ah)
- Chung Su-bin (Na-ri)
- Son Suk-ku (Dong-wook)
- Lee Jung-ha (Do-yoon)
Crew
Director | Kim Hye-young |
Screenplay | Kim Hye-young, Cho Hong-jun |
Cinematography | Lee Seok-min |
Editing | Lee Gang-hee |
Music | Kim Jun-seok |
Sound Design | Park Ju-kang |
Sound | Park Jong-kun |
Production Design | Kim Seung-kyung |
Costumes | Yang Jin-sun |
Make-Up | Cho Tae-hee |
Producer | Song Won-seok |
Produced by
Twomen Film
Seoul, South Korea
Kim Hye-young
The director is a graduate of the Seoul Institute of the Arts where she studied dramatic writing. She then worked as an assistant director on numerous feature films before making her directing debut with the series Be Melodramatic for the South Korean broadcaster JTBC. It’s Okay is her first feature film.
Filmography
2013 Melloga chejil (Be Melodramatic); co-director, Series 2022 Unicorn 2023 It’s Okay!
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024
Dates
Thu Feb 22
16:00
HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium
Papillon | It’s Okay!
Sat Feb 24
15:30
HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium
Sun Feb 25
13:00