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A Good Lawyer's Wife

2003 · 106 min

A slow, emotionally raw drama that unsettles with its frank look at desire and family breakdown.

Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Genres
Drama, Crime
Tagline
A good wife, a cheating husband, a very sexy family drama...
Overview
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.

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Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Genres
Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • family
  • betrayal
  • sexuality
  • guilt
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Im Sang-soo
Written by
Im Sang-soo
Starring
Moon So-ri, Hwang Jung-min, Youn Yuh-jung, Kim In-mun, Bong Tae-gyu, Baek Jeong-rim, Sung Ji-ru, Kim Yeo-jin
Music
Kim Hong-jip
Cinematography
Kim Woo-hyung
Runtime
106 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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