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Next Door Husband and Wife

2016 · 81 min

A slow, quiet drama of lonely spouses and secret affairs, more melancholy than steamy, watching desire and betrayal unfold with a detached, almost clinical calm.

Directed by
Gi Dae-ho
Genres
Romance
Starring
Park Jeong-hwan, Lee Eun-mi, Bae Geon-sik
Tagline
The couples have changed! With each other!
Overview
Eun-ji and Seung-ho, Seong-sik and Joo-ran move into a neighborhood at similar times. Eun-ji is lonely because of her husband's frequent late-nights and Seong-sik takes care of the house while his wife works. One day, Seong-sik goes over to Eun-ji's house to return a package but end up drinking wine with her. Seong-sik drunkenly kisses Eun-ji and the two spend a night in each others' arms. They continue to meet secretly like that and one day lie to their husband and wife and leave on a trip together. However, Seong-sik returns home because his pipes have burst and Eun-ji witnesses her husband and the woman next door, Joo-ran in bed together. A few months later, Seong-sik, Eun-ji, Seung-ho and Joo-ran run into each other but with different partners... Are you living with the one you love?

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Directed by
Gi Dae-ho
Genres
Romance
Starring
Park Jeong-hwan, Lee Eun-mi, Bae Geon-sik
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance
Directed by
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Starring
Park Jeong-hwan, Lee Eun-mi, Bae Geon-sik, Ah Ri, Choi Doo-yeong
Runtime
81 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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