Next Sohee

Life in a call centre is the focus of Next Sohee, July Jung’s belated follow-up to 2014’s A Girl at My Door. But it’s more than the story of grim days in a headset and on the clock. Based on the true case of a young woman who committed suicide while doing work experience in a South Korean call centre, it asks broader questions about the corporate capture of almost every aspect of modern life. It breaks down into two neat halves. In part one we meet Sohee (Kim Si-Eun), a bright, feisty young woman who is lucky enough to get a prized work-placement at a major internet provider. Her job is familiar … Read more