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My new boyfriend

2004 · 13 min

A quiet, tender short that lingers on small rituals of heartbreak, letting sadness and slow healing unfold with gentle restraint.

Directed by
Hur Jin-ho
Genres
Romance
Overview
11 days since the breakup with her loving boyfriend. A woman is in tears, suffering from misery. Her life turned into a mess after the shocking breakup. She finally made up her mind to let him go after finding a haggard woman in the mirror. From the Internet, she finds advice on how to mend a broken heart. She decides to calmly follow the suggested methods such as “Have a haircut,” “Bask in the sun,” “Erase the traces of your love.” Then she stumbles upon a matchbox packed with memories of Young-jae. She follows the traces of the matchbox to a cafe in Baek-ma station and tries erasing the remnants of her love.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Grief, love, memory, healing
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Hur Jin-ho
Genres
Romance
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance6
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    romance
    Directed by
    Hur Jin-ho
    Written by
    Hur Jin-ho, Kim Jong-kwan
    Starring
    Yoon Jin-seo, Lee Jin-uk, Kim Young-jae
    Cinematography
    Lee Mo-gae
    Runtime
    13 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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