The plot was very credible such as the characters. The love story between the two forbidden lovers is amazing and very realistic which only made me like the movie more.
It may be a little slow in the beggining but as we go into the movie it gets better and more interesting, leaving you wanting to know the ending of the couple. The sensual scenes are very romantic and sexy at the same time (at least I thought so).
I noticed the characters growing in me as the movie advances, and I came to love the main couple (even if they don't always make the right choice - in my opinion). Even though the ending is not perfect I was very satisfied with it.
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An affair tells the story of a married woman in her late thirties drowning in a gray world of mediocrity and what happens when she is confronted by passion and desire. Seo Hyeon’s reserved life is comfortable but devoid of color and dreams. She is married to a man she has never been in love with. Her uninspired life is reflected by the traffic report station her car radio is set on.
U-in returns to Korea to start a new job and prepare for his marriage to Seo Hyeon’s sister. He is a young man bound by his father’s expectations. He falls in love with Seo Hyeon at first sight despite their age difference. Slowly and deliberately he pursues her. She tries to take refuge in familial duty but succumbs to his advances.
Seo Hyeon’s time with him is awash in colors, feelings, and dreams. He exchanges her traffic station for romantic guitar music and her predictable existence for one of excitement. For the first time in her life she falls deeply in love.
Ultimately she has three choices:
Choose to destroy her family and leave for a new life with U-in.
Maintain her duty to her family and stay with a man she has never loved.
Take a chance on herself and leave the gray world that has enveloped her.
Each choice has consequences involving loss. The question is which choice can she best live with?
The loves scenes are sensual in this movie and a bit of a shock after watching the guppy kisses of Kdramas. There is a sense of intimacy even in the scenes where they don’t touch as well.
The movie never seeks to excuse their relationship, more to understand her need for a lifeline out of the dark ok-ness she has settled for.
Lee Mi Sook and Lee Jung Jae bring these characters to life, their passion, love, and guilt.
The musical was okay, but not particularly memorable.
As far as rewatch value goes-just like U-in’s love for Seo Hyeon, An Affair is highly addictive.
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well this was surprisingly good. i think i love Korean movies and dramas, because it's not just face-value, but there is depth to the story.my two cents.... U-in was pissed at his gf for persuading his father into sending him to Korea, nobody wants their partners to treat them like a child; as someone insignificant and go over their heads, it's not a good way to treat anyone in a relationship.
from the get go he was weird with his future sister-in-law. their first meet at the coffee place had a weird vibe. when u look at him. the sister was reserved but it was normal, as she was basically meeting a stranger.
maybe then he found her attractive and his subconscious chose her as a means of getting back at this gf. donno - guessing.
the older sister was leading a boring life, guess that's what routine does to a body, its depressing. the scene at the start where she is watching TV and her son is asleep with his head on her shoulder, was endearing and heartwarming. but the look on her face was "dead" and considering her son is a teen, and they usually don't like cuddling their mothers, this should've made her smile. bad indicator that the only emotion she showed was when she started interacting with U-in. he reminded her that she was alive. kind of a cliché, but loads of woman cheat / have affairs because of this reason. not saying this is ok. but this is a sad fact.
i think her ending it with U-in and then breaking up with her husband, was self flagellation / penitence cause she knows she has done wrong, so she doesn't deserve happiness or a "happy ending" that's why she broke it off... but ironically they r both on the same plane, heading to the same destination... kept open for us to make what we want with that ending...
side note didn't get why the sister broke the fish tank, they didnt f*ck ur fiancée dude.... if it was me in the heat of the moment i would be aiming at my sister - but that's me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but all in all a good movie
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