My Dear Desperado

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Movie: My Dear Desperado
Revised romanization: Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein
Hangul: 내 깡패 같은 애인
Director: Kim Kwang-Sik
Writer: Kim Kwang-Sik
Producer: Yun Je-Gyun
Cinematographer: Go Nak-Sun
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Runtime: 100 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Production Company: JK Film
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Se-Jin (Jung Yu-Mi ) leaves her small hometown for the big city of Seoul after landing an IT job with an upstart company. She initially enjoys the best days of her life in Seoul. Her job is going great and she has a boyfriend who works as a computer programmer. Se-Jin's honeymoon with Seoul soon comes to an end when her company goes bankrupt. Her boyfriend finds a new job and leaves Se-Jin behind. Se-Jin must also find a cheaper apartment to rent.

Se-Jin now moves into a poor area of Seoul while looking for a new job. Although she has quite a few interviews lined up, none of her interviewers will take her seriously. Furthermore, her next door neighbor is a strange older man named Dong-Chul (Park Joong-Hoon).

Dong-Chul (Park Joong-Hoon) is a low level gangster waiting for payback from his boss after going to prison in his place. In the meantime, Dong-Chul is usually broke, has bad manners, & has a hot temper. He first thinks of his new neighbor as an odd girl that's somewhat of a pain.

One day Se-Jin remarks to Dong-Chul "hey you look like a gangster what do you do for a living?" Dong-Chul responds "I am gangster". Can these neighbors get along? Will Se-Jin ever find another job? Will romance bloom between these two disparate personalities?

Notes

Literal title of the movie "My Gangster Like Lover" (Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein).

Cast



Park Joong-Hoon	Jung Yu-Mi
Oh Dong-Chul	Lee Se-Jin

Additional Cast Members:

Park Won-Sang - Jung-Seo
Jeong Woo-Hyeok - gang-boss Kim
Jeong In-Gi - ex-cop Park
Min Kyeong-Jin - Se-Jin's dad
Kwon Se-In - Jae-Young
Lim Ki-Hong - Ki-Ho
Yang Eun-Yong
Kim Gun - male employee from bankrupt company
Kim Ji-Young - room salon woman 2
Lee Sang-Hee - real estate agent
Lee Chae-Eun - nurse 1

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Film Festivals

2011 (13th) Udine Far East Film - April 29-May 7, 2011

Awards

Best New Director - 2010 (31th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 26
Best Actress (Jung Yu-Mi) - 2011 (33rd) Golden Cinematography Awards

Comments

Comment #2
HarryMatt Says:
Jul 20 2011 3:53 pm

Very Different Romantic comedy.From the start its outright funny with encounter of the leads at diff.places.But slowly and gradually turns into a drama.i really loved the cute ending.I thoroughly enjoyed it.I highly recommend to fans of RomComs.
Comment #1
RamenLover Says:
Aug 21 2010 11:20 am

Watched "My Dear Desperado" without having much expectations. To be honest I expected the movie to be a turd, but I just craved a good ole Korean comedy after watching so many hard-nosed Korean thrillers lately. Well "My Dear Desperado" isn't a pure comedy per se (though it had me laughing out loud more than a few times in the first half). Rather, the film is one of those quirky Korean films that starts off as a pure comedy for the first hour than turns a lot more serious in the second half. In the case of "My Dear Desperado" the change of pace works and never feels contrived.

Best thing about the movie is that the two main characters played by Park Joong-Hoon & Jeong Yu-Mi are so likeable & are underdogs in life. Although Park Joong-Hoon's character is built up as a hard nose gangster, his quirks and compassion easily makes you care about him as a person. The performances by the entire cast was excellant with Park Joong-Hoon standing out in my opinion.

The storyline goes from a romantic-comedy between uptight young white collar girl and older lower-class gangter man, but then switches gears into a drama with the problems of the white collar girl finding work, her relationship with her father, her relationship with the gangster, and the gangster's personal problems all taking center stage. The movie switches gears once again and turns into a straight nosed gangster film and making one last change with one really sweet ending. I was genuinely surprised by how much I laughed in the first half of the film and how genuinely interested I became in the second half's resolution. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone regardless of tastes. This is the kind of movie I would watch again, but with a group of friends.