The various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.
Writing
Interwoven stories that actually talk to each other
Acting
Paul Lee's desperate optimism breaks hearts
Production
The fluorescent-lit store becomes a character
Director
Kim Kyung-mook
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean 'convenience store films' exploded post-2010 as gig economy precarity became universal; this one quietly queers the genre before films like Our Beloved Summer made BL mainstream.
Gong Myoung (Ki-cheol) became a massive star in Reply 1988—rewatch to see him raw and desperate before the glow-up.
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