Lovers in Paris
| Lovers in Paris | |
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Promotional poster
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| Also known as | Des amoureux à Paris Romance in Paris |
| Genre |
Drama Romance |
| Written by |
Kim Eun-sook Kang Eun-jung |
| Directed by | Shin Woo-chul |
| Starring |
Kim Jung-eun Park Shin-yang Lee Dong-gun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kim Yang |
| Location(s) | Korea Paris |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | The Coup Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 12 June – 15 August 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Into the Storm |
| Followed by | Magic |
| Related shows |
Lovers in Prague Lovers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Lovers in Paris (Hangul: 파리의 연인; RR: Pari-ui yeon-in) is a 2004 South Korean television drama series starring Kim Jung-eun, Park Shin-yang and Lee Dong-gun. It aired on SBS from 12 June to 15 August 2004 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
The series was very popular during its run, Kim Jung-eun and Park Shin-yang shared Grand Prize ("Daesang") honors at the 2004 SBS Drama Awards, and later at the 2005 Baeksang Arts Awards, Kim won Best TV Actress, Kim Eun-sook and Kang Eun-jung won Best TV Screenplay, and the drama won the Grand Prize for Television.
It is the first of three TV series in the Lovers trilogy by writer Kim Eun-sook and director Shin Woo-chul. This was followed by Lovers in Prague (2005), and the third, simply titled Lovers (2006), was not set in Europe like the first two.
Kang Tae-young (Kim Jung-eun) is the daughter of a film director and carrying on her father's wishes, she studies film in Paris. To make ends meet, she works as a housekeeper for Han Ki-joo (Park Shin-yang), which she loves because she can watch his movies and drink his wine.
Unhappy with her services, he fires her. However, when he realizes that she is from the same hometown as the wife of a potential business partner, he hires her to act as his fiancee to warm up to his business partner. She agrees in exchange for getting her housekeeping job back. During the two dates that he takes her out, she is smitten by the fairy tale quality of the event. In turn he finds himself unexpectedly captivated by her. However, the fake girlfriend plan backfires, and they part ways on bad terms in Paris. Through a series of events she also meets Yoon Soo-hyuk (Lee Dong-gun), who is Ki-joo's nephew.
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