2037 (film)

2037 is a 2022 South Korean film directed by Mo Hong-jin. The human drama film that takes place among female inmates, depicts the story of adults who want to give hope to the hard-to-believe reality that happened to a 19-year-old girl. It was released on June 8, 2022.

Synopsis
A 19-year-old girl, Yoon-young, dreams of becoming a civil servant, lives with her single deaf mother, and works part-time in a café. She gets into an accident one day and is raped by her mother's co-worker, who she kills immediately after the incident when he threatens to take advantage of her mom too. She is imprisoned after and is called prisoner number 2037 instead of her own name. In this desperate situation, she learns she is pregnant. Depressed by the news, she stops meeting her mother and bonds with her fellow prison mates in cell room 12, each with their own story, who help her out and reach to protect Yoon-young.

Main

 * Hong Ye-ji as Jung Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who is imprisoned for committing a murder
 * Kim Ji-young as Kyung-sook, Yoon-young's hearing-impaired mother
 * Kim Mi-hwa as Soon Je, the senior of Cell 12
 * Hwang Seok-jeong as Li-ra, a prison hacker
 * Shin Eun-jung as Hae-soo, prisoner who loves reading and values principles
 * Jeon So-min as Jang-mi, the last adultery inmate before the abolition of adultery
 * Yoon Mi-kyung, as Sa-rang, an angry troublemaker who appears as a prisoner in Cell 12 to give Yoon-young hope in life once again
 * Jung In-ki as a prison warden

Supporting

 * Kim Do-yeon as Kim, a prison guard
 * Seo Jin-won as a judge
 * Hong Seo-joon
 * Jung In-gi
 * Jung daeun

Production
Principal photography began on May 25, 2021, in Paju, Gyeonggi-do.