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Mother's Lover

2018 · 80 min

A quiet, intimate drama that simmers with secret desire and quiet guilt, watching closely as restraint slowly frays.

Directed by
Jeong Jin-ho
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Lee Hyun-ji-II, Min Do-yoon, Jin Si-ah
Overview
A college student keeps secrets. One is that she regularly sleeps with an older lover. The other is that she's attracted to her mother's personal trainer, which she decides to do something about.

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Directed by
Jeong Jin-ho
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Lee Hyun-ji-II, Min Do-yoon, Jin Si-ah
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • sexuality
  • obsession
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jeong Jin-ho
Starring
Lee Hyun-ji-II, Min Do-yoon, Jin Si-ah
Runtime
80 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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