Synopsis
Yoon Young (Hong Ye Ji) is a 19-year-old high schooler who is preparing to graduate and take her final exams. She lives alone, apart from her mother Kyung Sook (Kim Ji Young), who cannot speak due to a speech impediment: The two mainly communicate in sign language. Both Yoon Young and her mother work – the older woman works in a factory, while the younger works in a part-time job. But one fateful day, a man tries to sexually assault Yoon Young. When she tries to fight him off, she accidentally kills him.
She is sentenced to jail, and because of her age, she must go to an adult facility. Here, she is assigned a number – 2037. Even though prison life turns out to be tough and unforgiving, Yoon Young soon begins to strike up unlikely friendships with her cellmates – who include Jung Mi (Jun So Min) the last woman in South Korea to be convicted of adultery, a fraudster, a violent criminal, and a convicted murderer who is awaiting the death penalty. Incredibly, these women all take Yoon Young’s side. But can they provide her with the fortitude she will need if she is to make it through her grueling prison sentence?
“2037” is a 2022 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Mo Hong Jin.
