All for Love (Korean: 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일; RR: Naesaengae gajang areumdawun iljuil; lit. "The Most Beautiful Week of My Life"; also known as My Lovely Week) is a 2005 South Korean romantic comedy film. It was Min Kyu-dong's solo directorial debut. The film was the 10th highest grossing Korean production of 2005 with 2,533,103 sold nationwide.[2]
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Hangul | 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Nae sangae kajang arumdaun iljuil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nae saengae kajang arŭmdaun ilchuil |
| Directed by | Min Kyu-dong |
| Written by | Yu Seong-hyeop Min Kyu-dong |
| Produced by | Yoon Je-kyoon Heo Tae-gu Min Jin-su |
| Starring | Uhm Jung-hwa Im Chang-jung Kim Su-ro Hwang Jung-min |
| Cinematography | Oh Seung-hwan |
| Edited by | Moon In-dae |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$14.8 million[1] |
Synopsis
editA week passes in Seoul, with a diverse group of couples and singles experiencing love or tragedy in strong doses. Broken families and newly formed marriages, struggles with debt or with an uneasy conscience, conflict and resolution, sickness and health, newly discovered love, the resurfacing of old relationships...[3]
Plot
editA lovely week in the lives of these people.
An elderly woman (Oh Mi-hee) rents a coffee shop from a gruff theater owner (Joo Hyun).
A newlywed couple crushed by debt and desperate for work, the down-on-his-luck salesman (Im Chang-jung) hides the fact that he sells trinkets on the subway from his wife (Seo Young-hee).
A bill collector (Kim Su-ro) who is fed up with his job is then offered a spot on a local reality television show to relive his college basketball days and also fulfill the wish of a terminally ill girl (Kim Yoo-jung).
A tightly wound, divorced father (Chun Ho-jin) works in the music industry. He is struggling to raise his son, and needs to find a maid.
His ex-wife (Uhm Jung-hwa) is a fiery spirited psychiatrist, who has perhaps met her match with a rough-and-tumble cop (Hwang Jung-min).
A famous male pop singer (Jung Kyung-ho) becomes stricken with a mysterious illness after his contract is cancelled by the music executive. He meets a young nun (Yoon Jin-seo) who tried to kill herself due to her strong feelings for him.
Cast
edit- Uhm Jung-hwa as Hur Yu-jung
- Im Chang-jung as Kim Chang-hoo
- Kim Su-ro as Park Sung-won
- Hwang Jung-min as Na Do-chul
- Seo Young-hee as Ha Seon-ae
- Kim Yoo-jung as Kim Jin-a
- Yoon Jin-seo as Im Soo-kyung
- Jung Kyung-ho as Yu Jung-hun
- Joo Hyun as Mr. Kwak
- Oh Mi-hee as Oh Yeo-in
- Chun Ho-jin as Jo Jae-kyung
- Kim Tae-hyun as Min Tae-hyun
- Kim Yoon-seok as Dong-man
- Jung Yoon-min as Det. Lee
- Hwang Hyo-eun as Nurse Kim
- Lee Byeong-jun as Jo Ji-seok
- Ha Ji-won as Yun-joo (cameo)
- Ryu Seung-soo as assistant director (cameo)
- Jo Hee-bong as cameo
- Lee Se-young as actress Jasmine (cameo)
- Woo Hyun as cameo
- Lee Hwan as pickpocket (cameo)
- Jeon Hye-jin
- Park Jin-woo
- Shin Sung-rok
- Han Sang-jin as youngest detective
- Kim Dong-wook
- Park Jeong-sun
Awards and nominations
edit- Best Supporting Actress - Oh Mi-hee
- Best New Actor - Kim Tae-hyun
- Best New Actress - Seo Young-hee
- Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong
- Best Planning/Producer - Oh Jeong-wan, Lee Yoo-jin
- Special Jury Prize - Min Kyu-dong
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Seo Young-hee
- Nomination - Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong
- Nomination - Best Visual Effects
- 2005 Korean Film Awards
- Best Editing - Moon In-dae
- Nomination - Best Director - Min Kyu-dong
- Nomination - Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong
- Nomination - Best New Actor - Jung Kyung-ho
- Nomination - Best New Actress - Kim Yoo-jung
References
edit- ^ "Box office by Country: All For Love". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2005". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "All for Love". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "All For Love - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-04.