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Movie: My Friend & His Wife
Revised romanization: Naui Chingu, Keuui Ahnae
Hangul: 나의 친구, 그의 아내
Director: Dong-il Shin
Writer: Dong-il Shin, Young-nam Kim
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: November 27, 2008
Studio: Prime Entertainment
Distributor: Prime Entertainment
Runtime: 110 min
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service together. Ye-joon has lately worked his way up to becoming a successful financier, while the unambitious Jae-moon has opted for a much less conspicuous route. He now works as a cook and is enjoying family life with his wife Ji-sook and their new-born son. Ji-sook tolerates her husband’s attachment to his friend, but everything changes after the tragic death of the child, caused by Ye-joon. Ji-sook was in Paris when the tragedy occurred and isn’t aware of the circumstances; she even starts an affair with Ye-joon when her husband is imprisoned after taking the blame for his son’s death. Relationships which were originally crystal-clear begin to grow distinctly cloudy. With his sense of propriety and his refined manners, Ye-joon manages at length to mask his ruthless egocentricity, and Ji-sook has to endure bitter and difficult times before she realises how and with whom she is to share her future… The film’s visual minimalism accentuates the characterisation and moralistic traits in this story of an unusual human triangle.

Notes

"My Friend & His Wife" premiered at the 2006 Pusan International Film Festival and finally got its South Korean theatrical release on November 27, 2008.

Cast

Hong So-Hee - Ji-sook
Jang Hyun-Sung - Ye-joon
Park Hee-Soon - Jae-moon
Woo Ki-Hong
Han Kyu-Hee - president
Jo Yong-Joon - Dong-Joo
Eun Joo-Hee - Joo-Hee
Mahbub Alam - foreign worker

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Film Festivals

2009 (4th) Korean Film Festival In Paris - November 4-November 17 - Feature Films

Comments

Comment #3
kesabb upadhyay Says:
Jun 09 2010 6:09 am

i just watch the movie and find it very interesting and i consider it a worth viewing.
Comment #2
indonesiasaram Says:
Jan 12 2010 9:28 pm

I've just watched this movie. It's absolutely interesting. I think I'll write a review later.
Comment #1
RamenLover Says:
Nov 24 2008 2:40 am

Most likely this movie finally got its release because of the success of "My Wife Got Married" - a movie with a plot line vaguely similiar.