1997 · romance · drama · korean
The Contact
Directed by Chang Youn-hyun1h 45m1997
The male radio presenter Dong-hyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soo-hyun are both lonely. While Dong-hyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Young-hae who has sent him a special LP, Soo-hyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soo-hyun and Dong-hyun get together in a special way.
Our read: The Contact (1997) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded romance · drama · korean entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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