Gabi (2012)

Original title

가비

Directed by

Chang Yoon-hyun

Genre

drama film, mystery film, spy film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

15

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A royal barista in 19th century Korea is caught in a plot to poison King Gojong with coffee. The plan involves a woman with dual loyalties and the barista's own lover.

tensehistoricalmoodyslow-burnintriguingmelancholicatmosphericsuspenseful

What happens

Gabi (Korean: 가비) is a 2012 South Korean historical mystery drama film starring Kim So-yeon, Joo Jin-mo and Park Hee-soon. It follows an ostensible assassination plot of King Gojong (1852–1919), using coffee brewed by royal barista Tanya. The plan is masterminded by Sadako, a Joseon woman with adopted Japanese nationality, and aided by Ilyich, Tanya's lover. Inspired by conspiracy theories about Gojong and the king's well-known love of coffee, the movie's title Gabi is a turn-of-the-century Chinese-character transliteration of "coffee." The film is based on author Kim Tak-hwan's historical fiction novel Noseoa Gabi ("Russian Coffee"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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