A lemon, a lie, and a love that might not survive either. Korean-Chinese romance with bite.
A Korean TV anchor goes to China to do a story on an ancient artifact. When she falls for the object's owner, she dreads revealing the truth to him.
Cinematography
Sichuan landscapes that'll make you book flights
Acting
Hong So-hee's trembling restraint in the confession scene
Writing
The lemon metaphor that actually lands
Director
Zhang Jiarui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Zhang Jiarui shot the Sichuan scenes during actual monsoon season, forcing rewrites on the fly.
The film flopped in both Korea and China—too Korean for Chinese audiences, too Chinese for Koreans—making it a fascinating case study in co-production failures.
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