Sohee (Kim Si-Eun) is a high school student at a vocational school in Jeonju, South Korea. Initially excited to land an internship at a major internet provider’s call centre, the role turns out to be a daily nightmare where the young workforce are pushed to reach impossible targets and paid only a fraction of a normal wage. The work is daunting even for a driven student like Sohee. Torn between anger, pressure to perform and disappointment, she is pushed to the limit, plunging her into a downward psychological spiral.

A criminal investigation ensues, and Detective Oh Yoo-jin (Bae Doona), who is assigned Sohee’s case, starts to follow the leads that weave together a picture of Sohee's gruelling experience in this gripping psychological thriller.

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Next Sohee premiered at Cannes Critics Week and is the second film from Korean director July Jung. Starring Bae Doona, known for her work with directors Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Hirokazu Kore-eda and her roles in Cloud Atlas, Netflix TV series Sense8 and Netflix period zombie thriller Kingdom, as well as her lead role in July Jung’s debut A Girl at My Door which also received a UK release.