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13 September 1997 (South Korea)
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The male radio presenter Donghyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soohyun are both lonely...
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(in credits order) | Suk-kyu Han | ... | Dong-hyun |
 | Do-yeon Jeon | ... | Lee Soo-hyun / Woman 2 (as Do Yeon Chun) |
| Sang-mi Choo | ... | Eun-hee |
| Yong-soo Park | ||
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| Cheol-ho Choi | ... | Ki-chul |
| Tae-woo Kim | ||
| Beom-su Lee | ||
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| Yoon-Hyun Chang | |||
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| Yoon-Hyun Chang | ||
| Myung Joo Cho | ||
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| John Bisharat | |||
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| Sung-Bok Kim | |||
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| Gok-ji Park | |||
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| Man-Sik Choi | .... | music consultant | |
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"Cheob-sok" - South Korea (original title)
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Remade as Frau2 sucht HappyEnd (2001)See more »
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This is an interesting movie. On one side you have a music producer who received an lp from someone in his past. He decided to play the song on his radio program. On the other side, you have a tv shopping network telemarketer out for a night drive and while listening to the song played by the music producer she found herself in a road accident. The song by the velvet underground took new meaning for Soo-hyun and she emailed a request. Dong-hyun, the producer, met Soo-hyun through chatting. Later as they shared stories and problems they realized that each one was entangled in a love triangle (past and present).
One might think that this film seems familiar when compared with some foreign box office hits. However, I enjoyed the most its attention to tensions in conversations, how the characters' actions and facial expressions revealed what they did not want to know and did not want others to know. The film also focused on scenes depicting the characters in the same place but not seeing each other (literally and symbolically). A play on its title, contact.
In the last scene, some members of the audience could not believe at what's happening (shots before the film's end). Some would verbalize their thoughts on the matter. I guess they felt the tension and urgency of the scene. I think that is the beauty of the last scene. I guess you just have to see it and judge for yourself.