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2014 · Film · South Korea · Social · Drama

Directed by Bu Ji-young · 104 min

Although it takes as its main motifs the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their occupation sit-in, Sun-hee, Hye-mi, and the other characters are fictional creations combining various labor realities. It depicts the layoffs and strike of non-regular workers at a large supermarket.

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The film takes the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their sit-in protest as major motifs, but characters such as Sun-hee and Hye-mi are fictional composites drawing on various labor realities.

2007 Homever non-regular workers’ strike

The film takes the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their sit-in protest as major motifs, but characters such as Sun-hee and Hye-mi are fictional composites drawing on various labor realities.

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FACT / FICTION

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Fact / Fiction verification

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FactConfidence High

Cart takes the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their sit-in protest as major subject matter.

On screen · Verified record
On screen
It depicts the layoffs and strike of non-regular workers at a large supermarket.
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Yonhap News explicitly identifies the sit-in protest at Homever’s World Cup store as the subject of the film Cart.
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  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence High

Homever’s non-regular workers held a sit-in at the World Cup Mall store for 21 days in 2007.

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A Yonhap News court report confirms the duration and background of the sit-in at the time.
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  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence High

Some of the workers who were laid off at the time were reinstated after a struggle lasting more than 500 days.

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A 2018 Yonhap News report describes them as the real-life protagonists of the film Cart.
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  • 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
FictionConfidence Medium

The workers portrayed in the film, such as Sun-hee and Hye-mi, have not been confirmed as one-to-one biographical portrayals of specific real workers.

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It is safest to view them as collective, fictional characters based on real labor events.
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  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  • 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence High

The film’s true-story and historical background includes the “2007 Homever non-regular workers’ strike.”

On screen · Verified record
On screen
The film takes the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their sit-in protest as major motifs, but characters such as Sun-hee and Hye-mi are fictional composites drawing on various labor realities.
Verified record
The film takes the 2007 mass layoffs of E-Land Homever’s non-regular workers and their sit-in protest as major motifs, but characters such as Sun-hee and Hye-mi are fictional composites drawing on various labor realities.
View 2 sources
  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  • 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CompositeConfidence Medium

It is difficult to view Hye-mi in the film as a character who directly represents a specific real person.

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On screen
A character in the film.
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It is appropriate to distinguish her as a fictional, composite, or dramatized character.
View 2 sources
  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  • 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CompositeConfidence Medium

It is difficult to view Sun-hee in the film as a character who directly represents a specific real person.

On screen · Verified record
On screen
A character in the film.
Verified record
It is appropriate to distinguish her as a fictional, composite, or dramatized character.
View 2 sources
  • 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  • 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →

CHARACTER ↔ PERSON

Characters and real people

2 characters

선희

Fictional composite character

혜미

Fictional composite character

Sources used

  1. 영화 '카트' 소재 집회 참가자들 7년 만에 무죄연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  2. 홈플러스 정규직 전환 - 영화 '카트' 실제 주인공들연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →