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Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

2000 · 127 min

A wry, quietly awkward study of desire and self-deception that loops back on itself, asking you to watch closely as the same encounters shift meaning.

Overview: When filmmaker Young-soo introduces writer Soo-jung to his friend Jae-hoon, he unintentionally creates a love triangle. While Jae-hoon pursues Soo-jung, Young-soo clashes with his crew. Yet, just as the story appears to end, it starts all over again, this time with plenty of variations.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
deception
identity
gender
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Hong Sang-soo
Written by: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Lee Eun-ju, Moon Sung-keun, Jung Bo-seok, Lee Hwang-eui, Kim Young-dae, Park Mi-hyeon, Cho Won-hee, Jeong Ho-bong
Music: Ok Kil-sung
Cinematography: Choi Yeong-taek
Runtime: 127 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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