Ardor

Directed by Byun Young-joo (변영주)

Written by • Byun Young-joo (변영주) • Kim Jae-yeon (김재연)

110min | Release date in South Korea: 2002/11/08

Also known as "Deep Loves"
Synopsis
Terror
A woman in red sweater visits the thirty-year-old housewife, Mi-heun. She calls Mi-heun's husband darling. With that single word, Mi-heun loses the meaning of her life. It was a dreadful terror on a Christmas afternoon.

Escape
Mi-heun and her family lead their life as there had been nothing wrong in Butterfly village. However, Mi-heun suffers from sharp headache from unknown reason after that night.

In-gyoo
In-gyoo, the doctor loves fishing at nearby lake and meets a woman and sleeps with her like fishing. About the time he has gotten accustomed to the lazy rural life, he meets her, Mi-heun.

Game
"Don't you wanna play a game with me?"
In-gyoo speaks to Mi-heun who is sitting with a blank look. Mi-heun runs away from him but she can't stop thinking about him.

Checking
"Am I good?"
In-gyoo answers to her question with all his effort. At the verge of her life that she thought her life has collapsed, she is in the trap of having-sex-but-not-falling-in-love game. She gets indulged in this game without knowing it.

The vacant place
"I though everything would be OK..."
Mi-heun's husband wanted to make a pond in their garden from long time ago. It was his hope to live happily ever after raising fish in the pond. However, there is no wife, Mi-heun but the pond alone. His wife walks out from the path that leads to the hotel. He doesn't want to admit the prevalent gossip about her wife but...

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