"Original Story by JEON Kyeong-lin" "kim, Yun-jin" "LEE, Jong-won" "GYE, Sung-yong" "ARDOR" "My name is Lee Mi-heun I married a senior classmate the year I graduated from college" "We had a daughter and spent eight happy years together I devoted myselfto my house and family" "My husband loved this about me" "This was how we planned to grow old together" "Not finished yet?" "Let's wrap it up and go to bed" "Leaving this unfolded can bring bad luck tomorrow" "December 24th, 2000" "Even on the night she came over I believed my life would always be this peaceful" "Hello?" "Yes, it is" "Yes." "Go ahead" "I bought some beer." "I didn't want to come empty handed I thought I should see Mr. Kim before I leave I owe him quite a lot" "I wanted to stop by earlier" "Anyway, we had a party around here" "He's the only one who didn't show lt's not that I had to be there I'm leaving early tomorrow" "Are you going far away?" "Incheon" "You know what a foster home is?" "It's for abandoned children I'll be living there with them" "Sounds like a difficultjob" "Nice apartment" "How big is it?" "Oh, there's a flag in the house" "My daughter drew it in pre-school" "Something is wrong with it" "But what?" "Isn't it upside down?" "Right, it is!" "I knew something was wrong with it" "How silly!" "It's drawn upside down" "Sweetie" " She doesn't know anything" " What the?" "What are you doing?" "Can't you stay with me tonight?" "Miss Jung, stop it." "Are you drunk?" "But I'm really leaving tomorrow!" "Aren't you sad at all?" "Don't do this, get off me" "No, I wanna stay with you" "Can I sleep here with you?" "Sweetie, huh?" "Young-woo" "Can I sleep here with you?" "I haven't slept in days." "Let me stay, sweetie" "Don't you miss me, honey?" "Smell me I know you love me, huh?" "You two, ifyou need to talk, go outside" "No, Mi-heun, that's not it" "Let go" " She's just drunk, that's all" " Let go" "You crazy girl" "This house" "This house not here!" "Don't you know that?" "Get out!" "Get out, now!" "Sweetie?" "How disgusting" "Was it fun fooling around?" "Mi-heun" "Get out lt's over now." "Stop it" "Let go!" "What the?" "Wanna know what he said to me?" "He said I pull him in all the way" "He said he'll never forget how I squeeze him tight inside me" "We weren'tjust fooling around I even got pregnant" "Last month, I had an abortion, and he" "Your husband, I mean" "He waited outside the operating room afraid I'd get hurt" "He worried I wouldn't wake up and he'd never see me again!" "We loved each other like more than you could ever dream of" "And you want me to leave?" "You gotta be kidding I've got as much right to be here as you!" "You!" "I didn't know there was a knife!" " l didn't know, sweetie" " Daddy?" "Su-jin!" "Go back to your room" "Mi-heun, open your eyes!" "What the hell did you hit her with?" "Mi-heun!" "Mi-heun!" "Open your eyes!" "6 months later" "She just moved here from Seoul and doesn't know her way around" " So help her adjust" " The countryside's best for kids" "We had a bus for them until last year" " But the school funds have depleted - l see" " The head wound is fully healed" " There shouldn't be any problems" "Nothing will stop your headaches I'll prescribe a tranquilizer" "You know what a drug addict is?" "Snap out of it, Mi-heun, please?" "Ma'am?" "We're at Butterfly Ville" "This is where you get off" " Get on" " No, you go first" " Oh!" "It's you!" " Hello" "Coming from somewhere?" " You're getting around well - l went to the school" " Taking off" " Oh, mister!" "I'm coming on" "Honey?" "I picked Su-jin up from school" " Daddy, what's this?" " Oh, that's a TV lfyou press here, we can watch TV Cool, huh?" "Mommy, look!" "Daddy came to school in this!" " You bought a car?" " Oh, you're up" "Well, you'll need a car too, to get to the hospital" "You can use the other car.On weekends, we'll go around in this" " How's that sound, Su-jin?" " Great!" "Wonderful?" "Hello?" "Yes, professor, this is Hyo-kyung I'm here for good I handed over the publishing company to Chang and took over the bookstore over from Dae" "No, nothing like that" "Well, with my wife's health" "No, it's nothing serious" "She just needs clean air and rest" "Yes, I think so I'll come by sometime" "Take care, professor." "Bye, sir" "Hi, Mommy!" "I couldn't quit, no matter what Even after getting lung cancer" "Rest stop" "A bottle ofwater, please" " Hey!" " Yeah?" "You put a novel under Reference!" "Ah-huh" "Don't sit around doing nothing Go clean the windows" "Fuck the nice weather today" "Hello?" "Are you the owner ofthis car?" "There's something wrong with it" "What's the problem?" "I'm not sure, itjust stopped" "When's the last time you put gas in the car?" "Pardon?" "Didn't even know that it's out of gas 15,000 won, please" " What about the gas can?" " Excuse me?" "You have to return it, but" "You're not from around here, huh?" " Just visiting?" " No, I live here" " 3000 won more for the can" " What?" "You know doc, but I don't know you I ain't never seen you 3,000 won!" "How's country life so far?" "You moved into the house downhill?" "Didn't change your car plates yet?" "I didn't know you lived uphill I was surprised to see you come out ofthat house" "It's famous around here." "Did you know when you went in?" "That does it" "Seems like your thoughts are always somewhere else" "Are you okay?" "Live here for a month, you'll see." "It'll bore you to death" "No mall, no theatres lt's an hour from the city lfyou sit around doing nothing, you'll just go crazy" "Doesn't the Mrs have a job?" "You must have made a lot of money" "You should come out more" "People are saying you're sick since you don't come out Rumors!" "Oh, I didn't know that" "Don't be offended lt's different from Seoul around here" "Anyway, did you meet him?" "Up the hill?" "When they moved in, it was worse than here" "Wondering why a young, handsome doctor would think of coming here" "Do you know the bamboo house?" "On the way to So-Jung li?" "What about it?" "I heard something happened there" "The village was turned upside down last year" "A stabbing!" "A woman killed her father-in-law in broad daylight" "The son was such a nice man I'm telling you." "The wife ruined him completely" "She had some nerve being butt naked with her lover in broad daylight!" "When the old man caught them she grabbed the sickle from him" "and Gives me chills just thinking about it" "Mommy!" " Wasn't it fun today?" " Yeah, science class was best" "Mommy!" "This is Oh Mi-sook." "She sits left, right, up from me" "She takes the bus a long way" "Can we give her a ride?" "Where do you live?" "Seven stops on bus #2 My house is right there" " Bye" " See ya" " Take care, Mi-sook" " Bye" "You!" "I told you never to get in a stranger's car!" "You brat!" "Go inside, now!" "Wow!" "She's scary" "No, she's not" "Greet her politely next time" "Okay" "Can I play at Dong-wook's house?" "Okay, but be back before dinner" "Yes" " Did you have fun at his house?" " Uh-huh" "What are you doing?" "Let's eat" "Daddy, I already ate" "Did you eat, Hon?" "Mommy's sick again" " You said you ate, right?" " Ah-huh" " Let's get ready for school tomorrow" " Okay" "Honey?" "Why are you crying?" "What's the matter now?" "These people can die doing that." "Why would they do it?" " lt's so stupid" " What?" "Maybe you should've died before she came over" "Then I might've died along with you" "No, it would've been better if I died first" "Then I wouldn't have found out." "That would've been nice I can't do it I can't go back to the way we were" "But why am I here, in this house, still sleeping next to you?" "Life, lt feels so empty so boring that I'll go crazy" "Nothing's worth living for everything's a waste" "Just stop it!" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "It was just an accident I apologized over and over!" "I gave up everything to be stuck here running a tiny bookstore!" "For what?" "I dedicated my life to you and Su-jin!" "Frankly speaking you always lay around like a corpse but did I ever complain about you?" "You're really something, Mi-heun!" "Really something" "You're not going to sit here wasting away your life, are you?" "The weather's too nice for that" "Would you like some coffee?" "Su-jin, turn down the volume!" "Mommy's head hurts" "Yes, Mommy" "Su-jin, let's go" "Kim Su-Jin, quickly" " Where are we going?" " Mommy has to go into town" "Quick, go to Dong-wook's place" "Okay" "Let's go" "What's the problem?" "My head it hurts so much I can't do anything" "Let me take a look" "Breathe" "All right" "That's fine" " Does it hurt like this often?" " Yes" "Since when?" "Since last December 24th" "Were you hurt?" "Did a specialist look at it?" "Yes lt's nothing serious" " But your head still hurts?" " Yes" "Let's check your blood pressure" "I was treated by a neuropsychiatrist." "They're vascular headaches" "Please just write the prescription." "It's Xanax and Diazepam" "Write it, please" "All right" "Let me just see your health insurance card" "Lee Mi-heun?" "I'm Choi ln-kyu" "What do you do most ofthe time?" "Sleeping?" "Your head hurts because you stay in sleeping I really have to get going" "Uh, yes, that's right" "You shouldn't take too much Diazepam or Barium" "Thank you" "Ah, Mi-heun?" "Want to play a little game with me?" "Having fun is the best medicine for headaches" "For four months, until summer's end let's pretend we're lovers" "We'll have fun together and have sex" "Sound intriguing?" "But there's one rule lf one of us tells the other "l love you", then it's over" "We can never meet again" "So I'm not proposing a relationship, just a game" "Why would anyone play such a game?" "Life's full of changes I don't like being tied down" "Or, maybe it's because I know I'll never lose" "And mostly, because I find you attractive" "Do you play this game often?" "Not often, but once in awhile" "Why can't there be love?" "Confessions of love, marriage" "Typical steps before sex I hate it, it's like insurance" "I'm not a person who can fall in love" "So how about it?" "You look bored, too" "I know you'll play it." "You have nothing else to do" "They have the best mushrooms here." "Let's get some" "Mushrooms, please" "Your mom's not out waiting today" "Bye" " See you tomorrow, Mi-sook" " Bye" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" " Mommy!" " You bitch!" "Come here!" " Mi-sook!" " Mommy!" "Come here, quickly" "Hold on" "You bitch!" "Come here!" "You fucking bitch!" "Hey, get over here!" "Get back here!" "Shocked?" "He's my husband" "I met him working at a bar the first customer I slept with" "He'd drink and then beat me" "Went in and out ofjail" "No matter how far I try to run" "he somehow ends up finding me" "Crazy, ain't it?" "Looks like it will rain" "It's the typhoon coming there's always one around now" "Mi-heun?" "Hi, Mom I called because ofthe typhoon ls your place okay?" "It's okay lfyou're fine, then bye for now" " Wait, Mom?" " What?" " How's Dad?" " The same as always" " l see" " Then, I'll see you soon." "Bye" "Each time you played, have you always won?" "There's no winner in this game just a loser" "Have you ever lost?" "Only once to the woman who first proposed it to me" "What happened then?" "I asked her to live with me and to get a divorce" "Threats, stalking I turned worse than scum" "Who would play such a game?" "Bored women?" "Ruined women?" "There are women who want to be ruined" "Like you" "Open your eyes" "Don't look at it" "No, yours is so beautiful What do we say now?" "Anything" "Anything you want" "How many kids do you have?" "Nothing like that" "Was I any good?" "You don't know how seductive you really are" "So you looks so normal" "You're really fantastic l thought my whole body would be sucked into you" "Does your wife know about your lifestyle?" "As long as she doesn't see it, she's okay with it" "She knew about this before we married I've always been like this" "Even before I ran away from Seoul" "Why did you leave Seoul?" "Why'd you spend 2 weeks in the hospital for a head wound?" "That's not fair" "One advantage of living up the hill" " Tricky, aren't I?" " As much as me?" "You got me there" "Su-jin this is an internetjoke, what's soccer players' favorite drink?" "Penal-tea!" "What happened to my hair?" "No, it's pretty I'll brush it when we get home." "Don't worry it looks good" " Hey, Doctor Choi" " Oh, hello" " We should go fishing sometime, huh?" " Yes, I'll look at my schedule" "Bye" "Hello?" "Hello?" " Who was that?" " No one, maybe they'll call again" "It's nice out, wanna go for a hike?" "Why don't you go with Su-jin?" "I don't like hiking I wanted to go as a family" "We've never gone out since moving lt's too late to hike lt'll be lunchtime soon" "How about hot springs, then?" "I'm a bit stiffthese days" "We can have sushi on the way back." "How about it?" "Mommy, hurry up" "Daddy!" " The hot spa was good, huh?" " Yeah" " Do you have some lotion on you?" " You didn't put any on?" "I didn't like the one they had" "Did you put some on Su-jin?" "By the way" " Hon?" " Hmm?" "You know Prof Hwang?" "He asked me to try writing again" "He thinks I have a lot oftime in a place like this" "I guess everyone's out on Sunday" "Stop by the store, let's get some drinks" "Honk!" "Honk!" "Big car coming." "Move away, please" "Mommy, let's get some ice cream" " Do you want something?" " Anything's fine I'll wait here" "is something wrong?" "Do you know how I got out?" "Over the window!" "Look at my feet!" "is someone here?" "I don't like such dangerous acts" " l couldn't keep our appointment" " That's no problem" "You came to say that, this late?" "The light was on" "I'm leaving" "No one saw me" "Mi-heun, wait" "Our promises are" "like sea buoys" "They don't really mark anything" "Stop there orjust float past them lt doesn't make a difference" "Mi-heun" "Hey, Mi-heun" "Where'd you go?" "I was worried about you I went for a walk" "At this hour?" "In your pajamas?" "Who cares?" "No one's around to see me" "But when did you leave?" "When you went to the bathroom" "Are you crazy?" "Weren't you scared?" "No I went to the lake" "What's wrong with you?" "You make me crazy" "Can we do it?" "Mi-heun?" "It's okay, isn't it?" "Here they go again" "What?" "The wife!" "She does this every year" "She invites some outsiders has an outdoor party and keeps the village up all night" "They say she runs a restaurant in the city" "Probably just a pub" "is there anyplace cool around?" "It's so boring here" " Shall we go to the beach?" " The beach?" " ls it nearby?" " Of course, it's not far" "Wow, you came pretty far" "I love you" "Does this mean I lost?" " The game's over?" " You mean it?" "Can't I?" "No. lt's not that you can't" "I just said it for practice to remind myself ofthe rule" "Ifyou only knew" "You don't know how hard I'm trying not to lose this game" "Oh, it feels so good" "Darling?" "Wait, wait" "Darling?" "ln-kyu" "Darling?" "They're looking for you ln-kyu!" "ln-kyu!" "Want to put in a pond and raise goldfish?" "Su-jin will like it" "There's a place by my shop" "They'll give us a good deal" "Let's do it later" "No, it's best to do it now I've one more thing to say" "I want to write a novel again" "Hello?" "Yes, yes okay" " Who was it?" " Wait" "What?" "Where are you going?" "Um Mi-sook's mom is sick" " Who?" " You know, at the rest stop" "So why do you have to go?" "I'm the only one she knows" " But this late at night?" " l'll call when I get there, okay?" "I parked at the post office" "is something up?" "Not that I know of lt's just, different lsn't it fun and thrilling?" "What'd you say to him?" "Why?" "Relax" "On my way home, I realized I really needed you" "I didn't come to joke" "You've got to relax and take us less seriously" "Come here" "Where were you this afternoon?" "This place was closed early" "I just went for a long drive" "Honking loudly and speeding, I bet" "I'm going to my mom's next week" "Can I try it?" "Want to meet me there?" "Can you meet me if I go?" "It's my sister's memorial day" "Let's meet at night" "The garlic is great there I don't make it often" "Take some home for your family" "Why didn't you bring Su-jin?" "I'm only here for the day" "Besides, she's busy these days playing with friends" "Where's the brother ln law?" "He has a new wife, don't bother" "Hae-jin should get close to her, too" "She's never seen your sister" "Shouldn't we go to the temple?" "The monks will pray for her" "And don't bother coming next year" "We've left this to the monks." "No need for us to fuss anymore" "You want to go for a walk?" "Do we have to?" "It's like downtown Seoul here" "Look, just go back" "Why'd you come?" "Ifyou hadn't, I wouldn't have waited" "Don't get angry" "Look at me I hate the way I am" "This is just crazy" "No need to drag this on." "Let's end it I'm not angry with you." "Stop it lfyou're tired of us, just say it" "There isn't any commitment here" "It's not that I don't want it." "It's the complete opposite" "You don't really understand me" "We came way too far" "While coming here, you know what I realized?" "What's that?" "I'm disgusted with how I am how I live, how others live" "I even thought of going back" "But after 4 hours I couldn't" "It'd be crazy for me to go back, and there's nowhere I want to be" "It's the story of my life I'm not angry with you" "I know I'm bad I've never kept a promise in my life" "When I get older, I'll be just like my dad I ran away from the one I" "confessed love to go, just like him" "I cut my hand so I'd remember not to love again" "But here you are" "My nurse said rumors about us are all over the village" "Someone in the next town even asked how the doc and his lover were doing" "Let's spend the night together anyway" "It'll be our first full night together" "You could call it our first night" "You men like first too much" "What iftoday wasn't the first but the last, how would you spend it?" "Do the laundry" "Clean the fridge" "Go to the hairdresser's and say" ""Do whatever you want with it" for the first time, put Su-jin's things in a box and write 2014, so she can find it as an adult" "Go to Jinju to eat pizza Write a letter to a friend" "Look at all my old report cards and pictures" "Oh, and change my underwear" "And me?" "When will you meet me on the last day?" "When will you meet me on that day?" "From morning till night, all day" "All day Beginning to end I wouldn't let you go for a moment" "Let's go" "You're right." "We came much too far" "The game's over" "Let's not meet any more" "Say that you love me" "I don't want to play games anymore" " Mommy" " Huh?" "I'm hot." "Can I get out?" "What's all this?" "I put the store up for sale I'm running offto hide again" "So he can't find me" "is something wrong?" "Why?" "You seem different" "Huh?" "I've heard about it" "They all know except my husband" "When are you leaving?" "The next owner will be here soon" "Keep in touch. I'll write" "My name's Eun-Yeon" "Na Eun-Yeon" "Don't say it" "No one's called me that since I left home at 15 I just wanted you to know my name" "Hello?" "It's me." "Where are the stop smoking tapes that were in the car?" "I threw them out" "But they weren't yours!" "You knew I was trying to quit smoking!" "You should've at least asked!" " Wait!" "Someone's at the door" " Shit!" " l'll call you back" " Hey!" "Mi-heun!" " Who is it?" " Here to construct the pond" " Pardon?" " Pond construction, ma'am" "Hey, mister!" "Sir?" "Hey, stop for a sec I'll take the kid out for a while" " Okay, but be back before lunch - l will." "Thank you" "No problem!" "Go on" "Bye, sweetie" "You bastard!" "Get on" "People are looking." "Get in now I have to go pick up Su-jin" "You go first and wait for me" "One big change in life is more than enough for me" "Ifyou and" "I live together we'll just end up repeating the same mistakes" "Just like with your husband you'll end up lying to me" "And I'll meet another woman" "and be forced to lie to you" "That's absurd" "What do you know about me and my husband?" "What's the big change?" "I can just eat you up right now" "Like a man-eater" "I need you" "Don't go seeing anyone else yet" "A woman who makes me warm soup every morning" "And has my baby through her body" "Coming home at night and falling asleep in her arms" "It's no longer possible" "We both tried it before" "We both failed at that sort of life" "What were you doing there?" "I'm talking to you!" "I went to the spa" "When did you arrive?" "An hour ago I was here for three hours!" "I went home early but no one was home!" "The workers were mad about missing lunch!" "I looked for you and Su-jin everywhere!" "I found your car here, so I waited I asked if anyone saw you or Su-jin inside the spa" "They said no!" "I waited since then." "It's six now!" "Where's Su-jin?" "You know there's nothing but a motel through there!" "Where is she?" "Playing at a friend's house" "Explain yourself ls it true what everyone says?" "Let go" "Get off, now!" "Get out!" "Now, explain!" "I'm listening!" "You think I'm sacrificing my life to live in this hell-hole so that you can fuck some doctor?" "I have nothing to say" " Let's end it" " What?" "I want a divorce" "You think I'm crazy enough to give you what you want?" "God forbid!" "I'm gonna make sure you pay for this!" " When did it start?" " As soon as we moved here" "Where do you think you're going?" "Stop right there!" "You can't go!" "Fuck!" "Hey, miss, is something wrong?" "Are you okay?" "Are you sure?" "How'd this happen?" "You're unreal" "A jerk who seduces crazy women in the country with bad games" "Let's go to the hospital" "I can't go into town" "Let's just stay here, together" "People believe that only the good can fall in love forever" "But the people who love intensely are the bad ones" "lmmoral, weak, selfish people the poor, dark souls" "I don't have a picture" "No picture of Su-jin!" "What am I going to do?" "It's at the house" "What if I forget her face?" "What am I going to do?" "What am I going to do?" "What if I forget her face?" "What are we going to do?" "I love you" "What shitty luck" "Let it go" "Right, it's nothing" "Where are we going?" "I'm scared ofyour driving" "You and I have no place to go and no place to stay" "Let's just go anywhere" "But you know, we won't work" "Are you okay?" "Here" "Yes, I'm fine" "Deserted by family and friends, I walked out ofthe hospital alone" "And someone was kind enough to tell me of his death I left home" "And a year has gone by" "When the sun rose, I got up to work on a day to day job" "When I got hungry, I filled up on cheap food" "At night I returned to my one room home and fell asleep, alone" "Sometimes, memories would crowd in and stab my heart" "Often times I'd wake up at night and cry like a mad woman" "But I believe I'm more alive now than I ever was in the past lt's like I'm walking toward a world tossed by wind" "Vitality starts with misery" "My sadness reminds me that I'm alive" "That one dazzling moment in my life" "The all too short summer, that year I didn't have the chance to say I loved him" "Even now, I remember I can hear his final laugh" "Are you ready?" "Ah yes" "Okay, let's take your picture now" "Tilt your head a little to the right, and turn" "That's great" "Can you put the bag down from the chair?" "Great ls today a special occasion?" "Taking a photo by yourself" "No, I just have no picture" "Director BYUN Young-joo"