A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
Acting
Son Ye-jin balances fragility and deadpan hilarity perfectly.
Direction
Hwang In-ho juggles tones like a drunk circus master — somehow it works.
Writing
The magic show framing device is *chef's kiss* thematically loaded.
Director
Hwang In-ho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film weaponizes Korean horror tropes (long-haired vengeful ghosts) and rom-com structure against each other — it's interrogating why we find female pain entertaining.
Released during the Korean rom-com boom, it bombed initially but became a cult favorite for refusing to pick a lane. Korean audiences now cite it as a precursor to genre-blending hits like 'Train to Busan.'
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