Synopsis
 

Year of the Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she’s bad in bed, so she goes out to get more “experience”. Sammy is an impish 21-year-old tomboy. She works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn\'t have many other options.

Program Note
 

Sammy is a 21 year old tomboy who works as a grocery store detective. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss. She feels guilty over her job but doesn’t have many options. In the meantime, she has a crush on a scruffy street musician Eugene. But not having much experience about sex, she feels mortified and decides to threaten a shoplifter to teach her everything he knows about sex or face the wrath of her boss.
 Year of the Carnivore is a directorial debut feature film of Sook Yin LEE, an actress well known for her performance in Shortbus. It is a joyful comedy drama about a girl who is clumsy and oddly awkward at sex, love, and having a relationship. To the conventional genre formula of romantic comedy, the director adds various touches of noir and slapstick, making the film a new type of comedy with unique atmosphere. Sheila McCARTHY from I’ve Heard the Mermaid’s Singing, a classic feminine film, stars as a overprotective Sammy’s mother. (KWON Eun-sun)