Sunny (2011) on Netflix
New to a Seoul high school, Na-mi is mocked for her country accent until a group of girls takes her in. They name themselves Sunny and promise to stay together.
- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb7.7/107,157 votes
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Plot summary
Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.
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New high-school transfer student Na-Mi comes from a small town in Jeolla Province to her new school in the capital city of Seoul. When she is nervous, her small town dialect comes out & she starts to shake. On her first day at her new school she is bullied by others. Coming to her help is a group of girls. The girls are Choon-Hwa - known for her strong sense of loyalty & excellent fighting skills, heavyset Jang-Mi - who badly wishes to have plastic surgery to get double eye-lids, Jin-Hee - excellent when it comes to spewing profanity, Geum-Ok - interested in literature, Bok-Hee - dreams of one day becoming Ms. Korea and Su-Ji - always arrogant. Na-Mi quickly becomes part of their group. When the group confronts rival girls known as Sonyeo Sidae ("Girls Generation"), Na-Mi spews curse words she picked up from her grandmother. Because of Na-Mi the girls are able to avoid a crisis. These seven girls then form their own group named "Sunny". They also vow to stay together forever. The girls then prepare for a performance at an upcoming school festival, but on the day of their performance a terrible event occurs leading the girls to eventually going their own separate ways. Twenty five years later, Na-Mi is married to a successful businessman and has a beautiful daughter.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sunny (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The 1980s flashbacks set the schoolgirl rivalry against the real Gwangju Uprising of May 1980: Na-mi's brother is a university student who joins the protests, and the fight between Sunny and their rivals plays out over footage of protesters clashing with the military.
- Sunny was the first film of 2011 to sell five million tickets in South Korea, hitting the mark before any other release that year.
