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Penny Pinchers is a film of genre Comedy with Han Ye-seul

Penny Pinchers (2011)

Penny Pinchers
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Length 1h54
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating65% 3.2986853.2986853.2986853.2986853.298685

Penny Pinchers (Hangul: 티끌모아 로맨스; RR: Tikkeulmoa Romaenseu; lit. "Penny-Pinching Romance" or "Saving Up for Romance") is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed Kim Jung-hwan, starring Han Ye-seul and Song Joong-ki.

Kim received a Best New Director nomination at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2012.

Synopsis

Chun Ji-woong is an unemployed college graduate who continually fails job interviews and lives off an allowance from his mother, who runs a small restaurant in the countryside. Ji-woong is an eternal optimist, but having no money is cramping his dating life when he can't even afford to buy a pack of condoms. Yet despite living in a tiny, dingy apartment in a low-income neighborhood, he's about to get evicted when his mother abruptly cuts him off and he can't pay the rent.

Actors

Han Ye-seul

(Hong-sil)
Song Joong-ki

(Ji-Woong)
Lee Sang-yeob

(Gwan-woo)
Shin So-yul

(Ha Kyung-joo)
Ra Mi-ran

(Landlady)
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