A Girl at My Door (2014) on Netflix
A policewoman is sent from Seoul to a seaside village after a scandal. There she meets Do-hee, a bruised fourteen-year-old, and takes her in to shield her from her stepfather's beatings.
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- Rotten Tomatoes93%
Trailer
Plot summary
A young police officer is sent to work in a small village and takes in a teenager to protect her from her abusive stepfather.
Young-nam was a promising graduate of the police academy before she was transferred to the small seaside village, as a result of misconduct. On her first day in the village, she encounters Dohee, a girl living in the town with a gloomy looking face. As Young-nam tries to acclimate to her new surroundings, Dohee's grandma died in a car accident. To protect the girl from her stepfather's abuse, Young-nam lets Dohee stay at her place, but things become more mysterious as she gets to know her.
Cast
- Na Jong-minas Cop Kim
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Girl at My Door (2014)
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- Because A Girl at My Door portrays a lesbian relationship and LGBT rights are contentious in South Korea, it had to be financed largely by the Korean Film Council, which capped the budget at $300,000; stars Bae Doona and Kim Sae-ron agreed to be paid nothing.
