1999 · thriller · drama · erotic
Happy End
Directed by Jung Ji-woo1h 40m1999
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
Our read: Happy End (1999) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · drama · erotic entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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