My Dear Enemy
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Meotjin haru |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mŏtjin haru |
| Directed by | Lee Yoon-ki |
| Produced by |
David Cho Oh Joong-wan |
| Written by | Lee Yoon-ki Park Eun-yeong |
| Based on |
One Fine Day by Azuko Taira |
| Starring |
Jeon Do-yeon Ha Jung-woo |
| Music by | Kim Jeong-beom |
| Cinematography | Choi Sang-ho |
| Edited by | Kim Hyeong-ju |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$2,109,678 |
My Dear Enemy (Hangul: 멋진 하루; RR: Meotjin haru; lit. "One Fine Day") is a road movie starring Jeon Do-yeon and Ha Jung-woo as two ex-lovers who reacquaint themselves while driving around Seoul. The film takes place over one rather uneventful day, and subtle emotions and chemistry between the actors propel the narrative. This is the fourth film by South Korean director Lee Yoon-ki.
Lee Yoon-ki's deadpan comedy trails a pair of former lovers – he's a charismatic romantic and she's a no-nonsense realist – who bump into each other one year down the road. Hee-soo isn't the type of person to say what's on her mind, but you can tell that something is wrong. When, at a horseracing stadium, she tracks down her ex-boyfriend Byung-woon, her voice is laced with fury. "I want my money," she says, skipping even the barest of greetings. Byung-woon, for his part, looks like a man trapped. Despite his nervous smiles and warm assurances (that seem slightly dodgy), you can guess from the outset that he doesn't have the ₩3.5 million (US$3,500) that he borrowed from her a year earlier. "Don't worry," he tells her, "for sure I can get it for you by the end of the day." Not believing him, but not willing to let him out of her sight until she gets paid, she accompanies him for the day as he visits various old friends and acquaintances (all women) and tries to sweet talk his way into a loan. As both day and debt are whittled down, the pair fall back into old patterns, rehash unsettled gripes, and slowly come to see each other in a new light.
My Dear Enemy is an exercise in subtle comedy, anchored by the delightful chemistry of the pitch-perfect lead performers.Jeon Do-yeon, as the sensible, even-tempered Hee-soo counterbalances the hysterical mother of a murdered child she played in Secret Sunshine, for which she was named best actress at Cannes in 2007.Ha Jung-woo, too, is winning as the compulsively charming, if unfailingly inept Byung-woon (a role also in stark opposition to his previous outing as the serial killer antagonist in Na Hong-jin's The Chaser).
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