An Affair

– Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten year-old son and a successful arch..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1998
Original Name:
정사
An Affair (1998) - Also known as 정사

Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten year-old son and a successful architect husband. For Seo-hyun, life is a series of banal routines, but she is well provided with upper class comforts. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of U-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiance. U-in approaches Seo-hyun and attraction evolves into a passionate affair. Seo-hyun is aware that falling for the younger man will destroy her and her family, but she cannot help herself and the new feelings that are stirring within...

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

03 Oct 1998

Language:

Korean

Director:

Je-yong Lee

Writer:

Dae-woo Kim, Je-yong Lee

Main Actors:

Jung-jae Lee, Min Kim, Mi-sook Lee, Young-chang Song

Plot:

A woman in her late thirties, married to an architect in Seoul, with one brattish son and a life in dire need of a service, is asked by her sister, who lives in America, to help her fiancé find an apartment. He is 11 years younger, tall, serious and attractive. She begins to look forward to their journeys. He does more. He recognizes something that she has long forgotten - her beauty and sensuality. Their affair follows a recognizable route from sexual excitement to anguish and guilt.

Awards:

2 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10