Cafe Noir (2009)

Original title

카페 느와르

Directed by

Jung Sung-il

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

3h 17m

Rated

19

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates the emotional aftermath of a love affair. The film intertwines his story with two classic tales of romantic obsession and longing.

melancholiccontemplativeslow-burnromanticheartbreakingliteraryintimatevisually lush

What happens

Cafe Noir (Korean: 카페 느와르; RR: Kape neuwareu) is a 2009 South Korean romance melodrama film starring Shin Ha-kyun, Moon Jeong-hee, Kim Hye-na and Jung Yu-mi. Written and directed by first-time director Jung Sung-il, a well regarded film critic-turned-director, it is a contemplation on love and heartbreak largely based on two works of literature - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's White Nights. The critically acclaimed work debuted at the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009, and Jung was nominated for New Talent Grand Pix at the 2010 Copenhagen International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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