Heartbreak Library (2008)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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