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Love Is a Crazy Thing

2005 · 100 min

A quiet, melancholy slide into a double life, more rueful than romantic, watching a woman drift between duty and desire.

Directed by
Oh Seok-geun
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Desire. Infatuation. Obsession.
Overview
A woman gets drawn deeper into an escort service until she meets a special man. Juggling the two different lives, she falls for a friendly customer.

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Directed by
Oh Seok-geun
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
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
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Oh Seok-geun
Written by
Song Min-ho, Suh Shin-hye
Starring
Jeon Mi-seon, Jang Hyun-sung, Jang Young-nam, Kim Ji-sook, Oh Youn-hong, Jung In-gi, Son Ji-na, Kim Yu-seok
Music
Song Byeong-jun
Cinematography
Park Sang-hun
Runtime
100 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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