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Love Now

2007 · 116 min

A slow-burning, provocative drama that tests the boundaries of marriage and desire, leaving a lingering unease.

Tagline
Scandalous and provocative.
Overview
Young-joon and So-yeo are a young couple with their marriage relatively stable. On a day their mutual friend opens a wine bar, they come across Min-jae and Yu-na, a couple quite the opposite of themselves.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • obsession
  • morality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Chong Yun-su
Written by
Kim Seon-mi, Kim Jin
Starring
Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Yong-woo, Lee Dong-gun, Han Chae-young, Choi Jae-won, Oh Ji-yeong
Music
Jung Jae-hyung
Cinematography
Kang Seung-gi
Runtime
116 min
Country
Hong Kong, South Korea
Languages
Korean

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