Coin Locker Girl (Korea)
Opening April 29
Drama. Directed by Han Jun-hee
The dark underworld of loan sharks, drugs, and commissioned kills are all Il-young (Kim Go-eun) knows as she grows up under the wing of Mother (Kim Hye-soo), the crime boss who bought Il-young when she was a little girl. Il-young is blindly loyal to Mother until she catches a glimpse of a normal life through her unlikely friendship with Suk-hyun (Park Bo-gum), the son of a debtor. Chaos ensues as Il-young slowly turns her back on Mother.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron (U.S.)
Opened April 23
Adventure. Directed by Joss Whedon
Tony Stark attempts to revive a dormant peacekeeping program, but the situation takes a bad, dangerous turn. The Avengers -- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) -- team up again to save the world from the villainous Ultron’s plans, confronted by “enhanced” twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff along the way.
De toutes nos forces (France)
Opened April 23
Drama. Directed by Nils Tavernier
Julien (Fabien Heraud), a spunky teenager wheelchair-bound by cerebral palsy, tries to convince his gruff, detached father Paul (Jacques Gamblin) to compete in the grueling ironman triathlon with him in tow. After overcoming obstacles such as the opposition of Julien’s mother Claire (Alexandra Lamy) and the ironman board, Julien gets his way. The tough training and even tougher 16-hour race breaks down the emotional walls between father and son.
The Gunman (U.S.)
Opened April 16
Action. Directed by Pierre Morel
James Terrier (Sean Penn), a special-ops agent who once carried out a mission in the Congo, returns years later with an NGO to find that he has become the target of a hit squad there. Terrier digs into his secret past to find out who wants him dead, all the while grappling with the effects of PTSD.
Salut d’Amour (Korea)
Opened April 9
Drama, Romance. Directed by Kang Je-gyu
Seventy-year-old Sung-chil (Park Geun-hyung), who works at a local supermarket Jangsoo store is a stubborn, short-tempered, old man living by himself. One day, he meets a beautiful, thoughtful woman named Geum-nim (Yoon Yeo-jeong), who owns a flower shop and lives with her daughter Min-jung (Han Ji-min). Sung-chil is interested in Geum-nim and receives advice from his younger friends to go out on a date with her. Geum-nim’s cheerful personality and kindness lightens Sung-chil’s mundane life, until he finds out her secret.