Si-hyung, who wants to be a novelist but has never completed one yet. He promises to write an essay every month to his cousin's husband Jong-pil while drunk. He doesn't have any source to write, however, he experiences special meetings one day in a month. 7 months and 7 meetings. This is the story of those one day's.
Acting
Choi Si-hyung's endearing inertia against Jeon Yeo-been's quiet gravity
Writing
Seven vignettes that refuse to resolve, like real almost-loves
Cinematography
Soft Seoul nights that make loneliness look almost beautiful
Director
Lee Sang-deok
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Lee Sang-deok based Si-hyung's monthly essay structure on his own failed writing workshop commitments. Art imitating embarrassment.
The film captures a specific 2010s Seoul indie scene—café writers, noraebang confessions, the romance of creative aimlessness that Korean cinema rarely romanticizes without punishment.
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