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Yeon Ju is a timid young girl who maintains a secret crush on her platonic male friend, Woo Jae. Her shyness frequently gets the better of her, and she can only stand idly by and watch as Woo Jae suffers a broken heart at the hands of his ex-girlfriend and, consequently, get kicked off the school's crew team due to his resulting attitude problem. Later, while Woo Jae is in the army, Yeon Ju visits him, hoping to spend the night with him. Unfortunately, just as in their school days, Woo Jae is totally oblivious to her intentions, and a disappointed Yeon Ju goes home. Years later, we catch up with Yeon Ju to find that's she's now a divorced veterinarian in a local clinic, while Woo Jae is, ironically enough, a high school crew coach. The two meet once more, and the certainty of a romance between them seems inevitable, as the once clueless Woo Jae warms to the idea of being with Yeon Ju. But after he finally makes his move, Woo Jae bumbles himself right out of a relationship, and the visibly frustrated Yeon Ju decides it's finally time to move on. When Woo Jae eventually realizes both the enormity of his mistake and his love for Yeon Ju, he goes after her. But with a potential new beau in her life, is it too late? Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Jan 26, 2006
  • Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.
  • Score: 6.6 (scored by 62 users)
  • Ranked: #35192
  • Popularity: #16245
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
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A homage to all those unhappily in love! (Wherever. Whenever.)

I´d say this is a homage to all those unhappily in love! (Wherever. Whenever.)
Calm, like the water on windless days. Bare in words, instead told with images, well-placed scene settings and metaphors.
The protagonists are not so good with words, rather insecure and awkward when it comes to sharing their feelings. (But actually, nowhere in the movie is there any role model, whatsoever, from whom they could have learned better - how to deal with feelings openly, sincerely and appropriately.)

The original title was "Lost Love" or "Missed Love". But the international title “Lost in Love” is also appropriate, as the protagonists don´t seem to know how to navigate their feelings of love. This brings us back to the calm – becalm, with no wind to fill the sails. In fact, there is no tension between the protagonists - it is the drama of bad or missing timing in love. It is no coincidence that bus terminals become a structuring leitmotif.

The story of "Lost in Love" is not spectacular. On the contrary, it is the essence of a non-story. A story about a story that just doesn't want to happen. Nevertheless, it goes deep - because it relies on the effect of the blank, on the space between, on what works in the background and constantly gnaws at the heart. And this, actually, is an all too familiar, well known, painful experience for many people. It doesn’t have to be explicit. It is even more precise that way.
The KMovie has nothing to do with a typical RomCom. Nevertheless, "Lost in Love" is poetic in its own way - with an affectionate look at the unfortunate lovers on this earth: their hopes; their fear of self-confidently standing up for their feelings and thus maybe provoking the dreaded, outspoken “No!” or “Go!”; their inability to let go.

Water is the leitmotif in several ways. There is the rowing school and the fish farm representing dynamism and movement. And then there is the rain and the tears, shed or non-shed. But “Lost in Love” is also expressly colorful. With an eye for the banal details in everyday life. Authentic. Without makeup. The smell and the humid air of the monsoon summer are almost penetrating through to the audience. The landscape was handpicked, the radiant nature representing the beauty of life - even despite being unhappily in love.

The KMovie has its own idea of pacing. It develops its idiosyncratic charisma. It is the story about the non-love story, quietly told in a meandering way, as feelings are nothing one can be persuaded of... they can only be experienced... and, at best, shared... Or maybe empathized/sympathized with.

Immersive in its own way. Not for every mood. But if the timing (yes, again…) is right - for me it was a rainy autumn day - then (in my opinion) it's definitely worth seeing.
Others might say its dull and boring. Being from 2006, it is rather ´old´, too.
Well, check it out for yourself.





P.S.:
For the private lives of the ML and FL, though, it obviously worked out quite well.
They are married since 2009...

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  • Movie: Lost in Love
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Jan 26, 2006
  • Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 6.6 (scored by 62 users)
  • Ranked: #35192
  • Popularity: #16245
  • Watchers: 256

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