A Man and a Woman (2016 film)

A Man and a Woman (Korean: 남과 여; RR: Namgwa Yeo) is a 2016 South Korean romance film directed by Lee Yoon-ki. It stars Jeon Do-yeon and Gong Yoo as two people who meet and begin a love affair in Finland. The film was released on February 25, 2016.[2][3]

A Man and a Woman
Hangul남과 여
Revised RomanizationNamgwa Yeo
Directed byLee Yoon-ki
Produced byOh Jung-wan
Lee Dong-ha
Written byLee Yoon-ki
Sin Eun-yeong
StarringJeon Do-yeon
Gong Yoo
Music byBang Jun-seok
CinematographyKim Dong-young
Edited byKim Hyung-ju
Production
company
Bom Film Productions
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$1.5 million[1]

Plot

On a cold winter day, Sang-Min (Jeon Do-Yeon) asks Ki-Hong (Gong Yoo) for a light. The two strangers have dropped their kids off at a pickup area for a children's camp in Helsinki, Finland. A spark of mutual interest is ignited between the man and woman.

The man and woman decide to trail their children to the campground. On their way back, a snowstorm forces them to spend an evening at an inn. In the morning, they walk through the woods and find a secluded sauna where they share a sexual encounter. They leave the next day without knowing each other's name and part ways.

Several months later back in South Korea, Sang-Min fixes a display at her clothing shop and sees Ki-Hong walking by. It is slowly revealed that the man and woman are both married with their own children, but share a bond that defies their condition. As they go about their lives, the man and woman are shown to be facing significant family issues with Sang-Min's son having an unspecified mental or physical illness that puts strain on her family, her marriage which is lacking intimacy, and her caretakers at home who struggle to manage her son's illness. Meanwhile, Ki-Hong's own family is managing the mental health of his young wife who is battling suicidal thoughts, depression, and alcoholic tendencies that place her at risk of being committed for mental health concerns. Ki-Hong finds himself serving more as a guardian or older brother than a husband to his wife, and begins to spend less time with her and their daughter after each mental health episode. Eventually, both Sang-Min and Ki-Hong reconnect overtime and begin seeing each other covertly, hiding their relationship from friends, family, and co-workers as an escape from the tremendous difficulties they face in their separate lives.

The pair spend several nights together, avoiding the reality that their worlds are slowly crumbling around them, until they reach a tipping point which results in Sang-Min and Ki-Hong finding themselves across the world back where they first met.

Cast

Production

Filming began on November 19, 2014 and ended on March 23, 2015, with footage shot in Finland in February 2015.

References
  1. "A Man and A Woman (2016)". Koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. "Jeon Do-yeon, Gong Yoo Work Together on Upcoming Film - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Entertainment > Entertainment". English.chosun.com. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. "[V Report Plus] Gong Yoo, Jeon Do-yeon to talk about their forbidden love story". Kpopherald.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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