Happy End (1999) on Netflix
Choi Bo-ra earns the family's money after her husband, Seo Min-ki, loses his job. She is seeing her ex-lover, Kim Il-beom, who calls the apartment and turns up at the door.
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Plot summary
Choi Bo-ra works at an English language institute and brings home the family's money. Her husband, Seo Min-ki, a former banker who lost his job, cooks, cleans and looks after their infant daughter, and spends his free time on soap operas and romance novels. Bora has gone back to Kim Il-beom, a man from her past, and the two keep meeting. Il-beom wants more than she will allow, telephoning the apartment and showing up at the door where she lives with her family; his refusal to respect the limits she has drawn disturbs her. Min-ki knows about the affair and stays anyway. He tells his wife he would be glad if she were a good mother to their baby.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Happy End (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Jung Ji-woo discussed the graphic nature of the sex scenes with actress Jeon Do-yeon, saying he wanted them to feel utterly real and natural.
- Director Jung Ji-woo acted as an observer and used mostly handheld cameras to capture the events in the lives of his 3 main subjects.
