A Love Essay

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Kwak Kyung-taek, widely known for his movie Chingoo (2001), directs and pens the romantic and as excepted filled with action and violence, movie “A Love” aka “Love”.
The opening scene of the movie shows a young boy named Chae In-ho (Joo Jin-mo) with his mother in car filled with their belongings, indicating their movement to a new home. The young boy is mesmerised by a young girl coming out from a church. The girl’s name is Jung Mi-ju (Park Si-yeon) and she attends the same school as Chae In-ho. After Chae In-ho helps Jung Mi-ju by stopping her teasing by their classmate named Nol-Bu (Lim Hyun-sung), who later becomes his best friend, she invites him to her birthday party held at her home. Unfortunately, when he arrives at her home, he finds a hectic situation with people grasping every single item in the
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In addition to this, he demonstrates his deep love and angst with his appealing and expressive eyes. Moreover, the stunning actress-model Park Si-yeon is excellent in her role as Jung Mi-ju. She delivers a beautiful performance full of emotions and for this role she won the award of Best New Actress at 27th Critics Choice Awards, which she truly deserves.
Kwak Kyung-taek directs this film in a great manner and alongside the skillful editing of Park Kwang-il, elevates the value of the movie. Furthermore, the beautiful cinematography by Ki Se-hoo is another important asset of the film.
The movie being a romantic-gangster movie poses many questions. Among them the most important one is: How far someone can go for the name of love and what he/she is capable to do for the one that has dear in his/her heart? “A Love” is a film that everyone can enjoy, either being fan of melodrama either fan of gangster genre movies and is a must-watch even though the final scene and the decision of the main character could be

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