2021 · drama · romance · comedy
Sweet & Sour
Directed by Lee Kae-byeok1h 41m2021
Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.
Our read: Sweet & Sour (2021) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · romance · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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