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Heartbreak Library (2008)

Heartbreak Library poster
Original title
그 남자의 책 198쪽
Directed by
Kim Jung-kwon
Genre
romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A librarian gets angry at a man who keeps tearing page 198 out of library books. She later learns his girlfriend left him a note to look up that page, and she decides to help him find it.

gentlesentimentalslow-pacedwarmbittersweetintriguingsoftmelancholic

What happens

Heartbreak Library (Korean: 그 남자의 책 198쪽; lit. 'Page 198 of That Man's Book') is a 2008 South Korean romantic drama film starring Lee Dong-wook and Eugene. It is an adaptation of a short story of the same name written by Korean author Yoon Sung-hee. It tells the story of a librarian who is first furious at a man who rips out page 198 of books, then becomes intrigued, and finally decides to help him after learning that he's heartbroken after his girlfriend broke up with him then left a note to look up page 198, without mentioning which book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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