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A young woman is forced to spend a day with her scoundrel of an ex-boyfriend in this stylish and witty romantic comedy that represents the best in today’s popular Korean cinema. Unemployed Hee-su (Jeon Do-yeon, Secret Sunshine) is a beautiful, but broke woman in her 30's determined to track down a good-for-nothing ex who owes her a lot of money. She catches him (Ha Jung-woo, also in The Chaser in this year’s Festival) at the racetrack wasting money and flirting with the female employees. Calming Hee-su down, Byung-woon agrees to repay her, but only if she accompanies him around town first to collect money owed him. There begins a sly morning-to-dusk urban road movie in which the dissimilar couple traverse the streets of Seoul in search of the young man’s exes and anyone else who might have cash. The two lead performances are pitch perfect, and the amazing chemistry between them explodes — she, the sneering, disdainful, heard-it-all-before woman and he, the charming, fast-talking ladies man. Will the long dead spark reignite for these two? Cough up the ten bucks and find out! (Korean with English subtitles)

 -- Raymond Murray