Very Ordinary Couple
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| Hangul | 연애의 온도 |
| Hanja | 의 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeon-ae-eui Ondo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏn-ae-ŭi Ondo |
| Directed by | Roh Deok |
| Produced by | Kim Seon-yong Han Jae-rim |
| Written by | Roh Deok |
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Kim Min-hee Lee Min-ki |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Cinematography | Park Jong-chul |
| Edited by | Jeong Jin-hee |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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112 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Very Ordinary Couple (Hangul: 연애의 온도; RR: Yeon-ae-ui Ondo; lit. "Temperature of Love" or "Degree of Love") is a 2013 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Roh Deok (alternatively spelled Noh Deok), starring Kim Min-hee and Lee Min-ki as a recently separated couple who, being employees at the same bank, must deal with the prospect of continually seeing each other on a daily basis. This inevitably leads to tension and flareups, but over time their feelings towards each other begin to change.
This is Roh Deok's feature directorial debut. She based the screenplay on her own love life and those of her circle of friends.
The film follows young bank clerks Lee Dong-hee (Lee Min-ki) and Jang Young (Kim Min-hee) who have just broken up with each other. They work at a local branch of Standard Chartered, and their seemingly nasty split turns scandalous in the office. After going through a period of irrational behavior, including physical fights and Young’s impulsive one-night stand with a mutual colleague at work, the two decide to give their relationship another try. Once again, they are madly in love.
The real story of the film begins as the two begin to date again, in spite of their shared doubts and fears. As the second honeymoon phase ends, the same problems ― those that had led to their initial break-up ― surface: the boredom, the trust issues, and the mutual dishonesty about what they really want. The hot-tempered Dong-hee seems like he needs an anger management class, while Young tries to avoid conflicts by telling small lies ― unaware of how lies, regardless of the motivations, can destroy trust.
Above all, the couple's shared experience of the break-up gradually makes them insecure about their relationship. This eventually leads to a suffocating disaster: Dong-hee tries very hard to pretend that he is interested in the things Young suggests doing, only to please her and save their relationship ― although he'd really rather sleep in than go to an amusement park on his day off. Young, on the other hand, gets extremely self-conscious of everything she tells Dong-hee, as she is worried that she will upset him off by "saying something wrong" ― just like how she did before the first break-up.
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