An Affair

Somewhere in between Wong Kar-Wai's 'In the Mood for Love' and a TV-drama, this movie about adultery from South-Korea somehow manages to appeal to a broader audience while retaining integrity movie-as-art wise. Lee Je-young was unbeknown-est to me, but I just realized he made three movies (and quite different ones at that) with a widely popular appeal that I really enjoyed unrelated to each other.

This is a doomed relationship, the interesting thing is that they are not judged in any way in the portrayal and it therefore becomes a meditation on love, the impermanence of it and of life itself. Quite profound.

Lee Mi-suk is amazing in the role, and looks better than ever as 38.