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    Ardor

    Byun Young-Joo 2002 Korea Drama color 112min Korean DCP
    Lee Mi-Heun, a 30-year-old housewife with an eight-year-old daughter, whose Christmas is shattered when a women invites herself round and suddenly blurts out she's been having an affair with Mi-Heun's husband, Hyo-Kyung and accidentally hurts Mi-Heun. Six months later, Mi-Heun and Hyo-Kyung have moved to a small town, their marriage having survived the latter's affair. But MI-Heun is still spaced out on tranquilizers and, when her car runs out of gas one day, a handsome local doctor, Choi In-Gyu, helps her. Though he's married, and admits he's a womanizer, she finally embarks on a sex-only relationship which both agree will be a "game" of not falling in love.

    Director

    Byun Young-Joo

    Byun Young-Joo was born in 1966 and graduated from the Department of Law, Ewha Women's University in 1989. Dir.Byun is one of the most important documentary film directors in Korea and is focused on human rights and women issuses. Her most well known works are so called "Trilogy of Korean Comfort Women": The Murmuring, Habitual Sadness, and My Own Breathing. Her recent work, Arodor is her feature debut. She is currently preparing her 2nd festure.

    Byun Young-Joo

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