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Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)

★ 7.1 · 278 ratings on TMDB

When it comes to money... trust no-one.

Beasts Clawing at Straws poster★ 7.1

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

DirectorKim Yong-hoon
CastBae Sung-woo, Jeon Do-yeon, Jeong Man-sik, Jin Kyung, Jung Ga-ram, Jung Woo-sung
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Beasts Clawing at Straws keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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