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la moglie dell'avvocato (2003)

Original title: baramnan gajok
Production: Corea del Sud|104 min|
Dramatic
Poster of movie la moglie dell'avvocato
ho-jung is a married woman with a very dedicated lawyer named young-jak. a former dancer, ho-jung still practices attending the local dance school and goes shopping for bicycles. however, ho-jung has almost completely stopped dancing to devote himself to the seven-year-old adopted son soo-in, his eccentric father-in-law, an alcoholic, and his reserved spouse. young-jak is often away from home, too busy managing his law firm, taking on new cases, drinking and meeting his young lover, yeon, a former model. while ho-jung accepts her husband's infidelity, on the other she is becoming more and more frustrated from a sexual point of view, so much so that she is intrigued and fascinated by ji-woon, the seventeen-year-old neighbor. young-jak is not in love with his young and sensual lover yeon but when she gets pregnant, his guilt causes him to spend even more time in her company. young-jak goes out of town with yeon and they have an accident on the way back. young-jak's father becomes seriously ill with liver and is hospitalized, dying. ho-jung's relationship with the teenager is discovered by the boy's father and another tragedy takes place.

Festivals and awards

Direction

Im Sang Sooregista

Production and Screenplay

Im Sang Soosceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

Eun Ho Jung, la moglie
Moon So-RiMoon So-Ri(età:29)
Joo Young Jak, il marito
la nonna
il nonno
Shin Ji Woon, il ragazzo
Kim Yeon, amante del marito
Soo In, figlio adottivo

Technical staff

Kim Woo Hyungdirettore della fotografia
Oh Jae Wonscenografo
Lee Eun Soomontatore
Kim Hong Jeabmusiche