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Sometimes Pornography Star

2015 · 81 min

A quiet, sensual character study that lingers on loneliness and the tentative search for tenderness after loss.

Directed by
Jang Seong-Soo
Genres
Romance, Drama
Overview
After the death of her father, a divorce and a long period of absence and solitude, a woman is reborn obsessed by a man. Jin Hee learns that she can be satisfied by love, she want to be sure that the relationship between a man and a woman is not a one-way possession, but of consideration and delicacy.

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Directed by
Jang Seong-Soo
Genres
Romance, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • big city
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
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Jang Seong-Soo
Starring
Choi Ri-ho, Choi Moon-kyoung, Park Ji-soo, Seo Gap-suk, Han Ji-eun
Runtime
81 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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