It is not too interesting at first since only describing steamy affair of a man and a woman on marriage. But nearly at the end of the film, the movie finds its very touching part. Gong Yoo and Jeon Di Yeon are perfectly play their role in this movie.
6.7Keywords: adulteryhelsinki, finland
Plot summary
Sang-min comes to Finland to send her autistic son to a special camp, but she feels extremely alienated in snow covered-white Helsinki. Ki-hong is an architect working in Finland on dispatched duty. His family is not so perfect either with a daughter having child depression and mentally unease wife. The two meet for the first time at the gathering point of this special camp. They get to have a short trip to the camp together in silence but start to feel comfortable and connected to each other. On their way back to Helsinki, with the road blocked from heavy snow, Sang-min and Ki-hong are isolated in a cabin by the forest and lake. Carried away by irresistible passion, they spend a night together. But the next day, they go separate ways without asking each other's name...
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Yoo Gong as Ki-Hong
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Slow But Sure
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I had expected quite something else...
I am a huge fan of the South Korean cinema. But of course it would be utopia to think that every single movie that comes from South Korea will be a grand marvel in cinematic history.
And it turned out that "Nam-Gwa Yeo" (aka "A Man and a Woman") turned out to be quite the contrary. This movie was unfathomably slow-paced and boring to be downright blunt and honest.
The movie was very nicely acted and both Yoo Gong and Do-yeon Jeon performed amazingly well in the movie, and did a great job in carrying the movie. But they were fighting a losing battle with a boring and generic script and storyline.
There was a good amount of really nicely staged and choreographed scenes, and they made good use of the landscape and urban setting around them. However, that only did so much for the movie.
I managed to sit through 1 hour of this ordeal before I gave up out of sheer and utter boredom. And I have no intention of returning to finish the movie, because director Yoon-Ki Lee just failed to produce an inspiring movie here.
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Simple but moving account of an extra-marital affair
Korean movies like this one can really get to you if you let them. This one is peaceful and calm with nothing sensational going on, even if the blurb makes it sound just that. Just two people, both unhappily married and falling in love with each other. This subtle mood piece begins in wintry Finland but moves to Seoul in the second act. Do Yeon is the mother of an autistic boy sent to a specialist school. Going Yoo has a daughter with her own problems. They meet when he offers her a lift. No surprise in what happens next, but I was always interested in the story. Excellent Do-Yeon has real chemistry with her co-star and they share some passionate, tastefully shot sex scenes. Gong Yoo is tender and gentle as the man who eases her pain. This is a very low-key mood piece that I am happy to recommend, just don't expect any over-the top, Hollywood melodrama.