Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatment. There, he falls in love with another patient. After recovering, will he get back to his former life?
Acting
Hwang Jung-min's arrogant-to-destroyed arc is masterclass.
Direction
Hur Jin-ho makes fluorescent lights feel romantic.
Cinematography
Bleached hospital tones that somehow feel warm.
Director
Hur Jin-ho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hur Jin-ho specializes in 'melodrama' as high art—this film helped define 2000s Korean romance's reputation for emotional brutality.
The vending machine scene became shorthand in Korean cinema for finding connection in sterile spaces.
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