You Call It Passion
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| Hangul | 열정 같은 소리 하고 있네 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeoljeong Gateun Sori Hago Itne |
| Directed by | Jeong Gi-hun |
| Produced by | Jung Du-hwan |
| Written by | Jeong Gi-hun Seo Yoo-min |
| Based on |
You Call It Passion by Lee Hye-rin |
| Starring |
Park Bo-young Jung Jae-young |
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Banzakbanzak Film
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| Distributed by | NEW |
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Running time
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106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$4.27 million |
You Call It Passion (Hangul: 열정 같은 소리 하고 있네; RR: Yeoljeong Gateun Sori Hago Itne) is a South Korean comedy film based on the novel by Lee Hye-rin about a new graduate who struggles to survive in the war of entertainment news.
Do Ra-hee (Park Bo-young) enters Dongmyung, a newspaper company, as an intern in the entertainment section. She soon discovers the dirty and hidden aspects of the journalism industry and learns the passion and enthusiasm of the press. She has to make non-existing news by corroborating stories. Her first assignment as an official journalist is to do a write up of a sexual assault scandal involving an upcoming young actor, Woo Ji-han (Yoon Kyun-sang), of a film studio JS. From her investigation of the new evidence of the scandal given to her for the write up, she found the evidence to be fabricated. So she told her boss, Ha Jae-kwan (Jung Jae-young) she is not going to do the write up. Her boss did the write up and post the scandalous article on their website. Later, from Seon-woo's (Bae Sung-woo) her ex-mentor suggestion she do a write up exposing the fabricated evidence used against the actor. The company refuses to use the write up. So, Ra-hee's colleagues assisted by posting the write up in the internet using public computers. This results in the arrest and prosecution of the film studio manager Jang (Jin Kyung) for corruption. The actor thanked her for clearing his name of the scandal. The movie ends with Ra-hee rushing out of the airport terminal where she send off her boyfriend Seo-jin (Ryu Deok-hwan) after receiving a tip off of a potential entertainment scoop.
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