Dirty Romance

Dirty Romance (Korean: 더티 로맨스; RR: Deo-ti lo-maen-seu) is a 2015 South Korean drama film written and directed by South Korean indie provocateur Lee Sang-woo. It made its world premiere at the 2015 Fantastic Fest.[1]

Dirty Romance
Directed byLee Sang-woo
Produced byLee Jung-bae
Lee Hwa-yong
Choi Ji-won
Screenplay byLee Sang-woo
StarringKim Joon-woo
Ahn Ha-na
Gil Deok-ho
Choi Hong-jun
Music byKim Mi-seung
Edited byLee Sang-woo
Kim Heon
Release date
  • September 2015 (2015-09) (Fantastic Fest)
  • January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05) (South Korea)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Synopsis

Goo Chul-joong (Kim Joon-woo) struggles to survive as he takes care of his severely disabled sister Goo Mi-joong (Ahn Ha-na). With no income and in debt, he begs his uncle for handouts and resorts to stealing. For a long time, Mi-joong has a crush on his friend Kim Chang-gi (Choi Hong-jun) who has yet to repay his debt. One day, Chul-joong coerces Chang-gi to have sex with Mi-joong as partial payment of his longstanding debt. Chul-joong also allows Gil Deok-ho (Gil Deok-ho), the mentally challenged son of a Chinese restaurant owner, to court his sister, hoping to marry her off and extricate himself from this living hell.[2][3][4]

Cast
  • Kim Joon-woo as Goo Chul-joong
  • Ahn Ha-na as Goo Mi-joong
  • Gil Deok-ho as Gil Deok-ho
  • Choi Hong-jun as Kim Chang-gi
  • Kim Dong-kyu as Kim Deok-gi
  • Kim Hyo-sook as Kim Chang-gi's mother
  • Jo Ha-suk as Hae-soo's father

Reception

Hangul Celluloid's Paul Quinn: "While certainly hard-hitting and wholly in keeping with director Lee Sang-woo's previous work, Dirty Romance has moments of warmth, of understated humour and even of beauty to add layers and further levels to this already accomplished, thought provoking and important independent film."[3]

PopOptiq's J.R. Kinnard: "Dirty Romance is powerful, fearless filmmaking."[4]

References
  1. Martin, Peter (24 September 2015). "Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: DIRTY ROMANCE, The Stuff Of Real Life Is Not Always Pleasant To Behold". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. Lee, Maggie (5 December 2015). "Film Review: 'Dirty Romance'". Variety. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. Quinn, Paul. "DIRTY ROMANCE". hangulcelluloid.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. Kinnard, J.R. (27 September 2015). "Fantastic Fest 2015: 'Dirty Romance' is powerful, fearless filmmaking". popoptiq.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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