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Origin of Monogamy (2013)

Origin of Monogamy poster
Original title
결혼의 기원
Directed by
Min Kyeol
Genre
erotic film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
2.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three women in South Korea navigate sex work, a psychiatry practice, and an AIDS research lab. Their lives cross as a psychiatrist tries to help a colleague with a phobia of men and a sex worker lies to her boyfriend about her background.

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