My Dear Desperado

My Dear Desperado

South Korean film poster
Hangul 내 깡패 같은 애인
Hanja 내 깡牌 같은 愛人
Revised Romanization Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein
McCune–Reischauer Nae Kkangp‘ae Kat‘ŭn Aein
Directed by Kim Kwang-sik
Produced by Yoon Je-kyoon
Written by Kim Kwang-sik
Starring Park Joong-hoon
Jung Yu-mi
Music by Mok Young-jin
Cinematography Go Nak-sun
Edited by Lee Jin
Distributed by Lotte Entertainment
Release dates
  • May 20, 2010 (2010-05-20)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget US$750,000
Box office US$4,214,668[1]

My Dear Desperado (Hangul: 내 깡패 같은 애인; RR: Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein; lit. My Gangster Lover) is a 2010 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Kwang-sik, and starring Park Joong-hoon and Jung Yu-mi as two people who become semi-basement one-room neighbors: brave yet jobless Se-jin and Dong-chul, the neighborhood gangster who always gets beaten up.[2][3] The film received 688,832 admissions nationwide.[4] This film was remade in Hindi titled Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story in 2013 starring Vivek Oberoi opposite Neha Sharma in lead roles. The movie was officially remade in Tamil by Nalan Kumarasamy titled Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum for which ₹40 lakh (US$59,000) or ₩71,587,640.57 was paid as copyrights.[5]

Plot

University graduate Han Se-jin (Jung Yu-mi) leaves her hometown, where her conservative father (Min Kyeong-jin) is the local stationmaster, for Seoul, where she has been offered a job in an IT company. Some time later, however, the company goes bankrupt and she's forced to move into a cheap basement flat while job-hunting. Her new neighbor is middle-aged Oh Dong-chul (Park Joong-hoon), a small-time gangster who works for boss Kim (Jeong Woo-hyeok) collecting loans. Se-jin is initially uncomfortable living next door to a gangster but later forms a wary friendship with him after he helps her out a couple of times. Depressed by her inability to get a job because of the economic recession, Se-jin ends up drinking with Dong-chul one evening and having a one-night stand with him. She later asks him to pose as her wealthy boyfriend on a trip home to visit her anxious father — though that doesn't quite go as planned, and Se-jin ends up staying on with her father. Meanwhile, Dong-chul, who has almost started a gang war back in Seoul by beating up some hapkido athletes in revenge, is told by boss Kim to formally apologize to the athletes' boss, former police detective Park (Jeong In-gi). Dong-cheol reluctantly agrees, but that same day Se-jin is due in Seoul for an important job interview.[6][7][8]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2010
47th Grand Bell Awards
Best New Director Kim Kwang-sik Nominated
31st Blue Dragon Film Awards
Best New Director Kim Kwang-sik Won
8th Korean Film Awards
Best New Director Kim Kwang-sik Nominated
Best Screenplay Kim Kwang-sik Nominated
Best Actor Park Joong-hoon Nominated
Best Actress Jung Yu-mi Nominated
2011
47th Baeksang Arts Awards
Best New Director Kim Kwang-sik Nominated
33rd Golden Cinematography Awards
Best Actress Jung Yu-mi Won

Remake

The film was made in two Indian languages Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story in Hindi and Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum in Tamil.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "My Gangster Girlfriend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ↑ Lee, Ji-hye (29 April 2010). "My Dear Desperado is not a romantic comedy nor comedy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ↑ "My Dear Desperado (2010)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Theatrical Releases in 2010: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ↑ "Dark comedy to romance - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ↑ Elley, Derek (20 March 2011). "My Dear Desperado". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. ↑ Paquet, Darcy. "My Dear Desperado". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  8. ↑ Mudge, James (17 September 2010). "My Dear Desperado (2010) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  9. ↑ "Vijay Sethupathi, Nalan come together again". The News Today. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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