2012 · drama · romance
Eungyo
Directed by Jung Ji-woo2h 9m2012
A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
Our read: Eungyo (2012) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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