Farewell (1973)

Original title

이별

Directed by

Shin Sang-ok

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 32m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Korean composer named Ho-il divorces his wife Yeong-ok and moves to Paris. He falls in love with Catherine, a businessman's daughter who works there, and they get engaged. Yeong-ok, who still loves Ho-il, comes to Paris and becomes friends with Catherine without knowing about the engagement. Ho-il struggles to break the news to Yeong-ok and becomes torn between the two women. He has trouble composing and ultimately turns down a career opportunity to stay focused on his music. Yeong-ok tries to leave out of guilt, but Ho-il follows her to the airport. A car accident involving Catherine changes everything.

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What happens

《離別》（，）為1973年韓國愛情電影，由申相玉執導，、、主演。 故事講述音樂家浩一與英玉離婚後來到巴黎並邂逅商人女兒、在工作的Catherine火速相戀並訂婚。某天，一直無法忘記浩一的英玉出現在巴黎，途中遇上Catherine並成為好友，同時間浩一卻不忍向英玉訴之訂婚的消息，令浩一不能專心作曲，心意更開始動搖。浩一發現自己很難送別即將踏上回國旅程的英玉，並且拒絕了Catherine的父親讓他作為音樂家與倫敦愛樂樂團合作演出的提議，而是專注於作曲。 然而，英玉因對浩一無法解除婚約而深感內疚，試圖獨自離開。浩一到機場去接英玉，懇求英玉跟自己一起離開巴黎。浩一在機場取英玉的行李時，本來打算與英玉回國的浩一突然得知Catherine因交通意外受傷入院⋯ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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