''Little Black Dress'' (; lit. ''My Black Mini Dress'') is a 2011 South Korean film starring

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, Park Han-byul,

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and Yoo In-na. Based on the 2009

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novel ''My Black Mini Dress'' by Kim Min-seo, the film revolves around the dreams, failures, and friendship of four 24-year-old women still looking for a direction in life.

Plot

Yoo-min (

), Hye-ji ( Park Han-byul), Soo-jin (

) and Min-hee ( Yoo In-na) were the best of friends in college. While majoring in theater and film at an elite university, they were united by their passion for

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's clubbing scene and luxury shopping, but life isn't so easy now that they're in the real world. Clueless about what to do with her life, Yoo-min takes up a job as an assistant to a famous TV scriptwriter in order to buy an expensive black mini dress (or " little black dress"), but her work turns out to be babysitting her boss's twin boys. Rich girl Min-hee plans to study abroad but she's not going anywhere until she improves her English. Socialite Hye-ji shoots to fame after appearing in a

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ad, but her newfound stardom creates a rift with her friends. Aspiring actress Soo-jin is at her wit's end after failing so many auditions, and things only get worse when her father goes bankrupt.

Cast

as Lee Yoo-min * Park Han-byul as Yoon Hye-ji *

as Choi Soo-jin * Yoo In-na as Kang Min-hee *

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as Kim Young-mi *

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as Seok-won * Jeon Soo-kyung as writer *

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as Yoo Seung-won *

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as assistant writer *

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as pre-college girl *Moon Soo-jong as Yoo-min's father *Ko Gyu-pil as Yoo-shin *Ahn Chi-yong as Min-hee's father *Won Jong-rye as Min-hee's mother *Kim Choon-gi as Young-mi's father *Choi Min-geum as Young-mi's mother *Paul Stafford as English teacher *

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as Soo-hwan (cameo) *

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as director (cameo) *

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as assistant director (cameo) *

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as pre-college girl's father (cameo) *

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as Yoo-min's mother (cameo) *Baek Soo-ryun as lottery ticket grandmother (cameo)

References

External links

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''My Black Mini Dress''
at Naver * * * {{IMDb title, 1964895, Little Black Dress 2011 films South Korean drama films 2010s female buddy films 2011 drama films 2010s South Korean films