Bewitching Attraction (Hangul: ???? ??? ??; RR: Yeogyosu-ui eunmilhan maeryeok; lit. "The Discreet Charm of Female Professors") is a 2006 South Korean black comedy film. The debut film by South Korean director Lee Ha, the plot revolves around a troubled professor (Moon So-ri) and her sexual escapades. The film was released on March 16, 2006 and had a total attendance of 691,735.
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Hangul | ???? ??? ?? |
Hanja | ???? ??? ?? |
Revised Romanization | Yeogyosu-ui eunmilhan maeryeok |
McCune–Reischauer | Y?gyosu?i ?nmirhan maery?k |
Directed by | Lee Ha |
Starring | Moon So-ri Ji Jin-hee |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$2,100,000 |
Box office | US$2,504,320 |
Screenplay
The movie revolves around Eun-sook (Moon So-ri), a lovely but promiscuous professor in a university, who has all the male professors wrapped around her finger. When a popular comic book artist Seok-gyu (Ji Jin-hee) joins the environmental awareness group that she belongs to, he attracts the jealously of Mr. Yoo, a group member who fears that he would steal Eun-sook from him, even though Eun-sook does not return his intense love. What is not known to the rest is that Eun-sook and Seok-gyu attended the same junior high school where they share a secretive tragic history. Back then, Eun-sook was the girlfriend of Seok-gyu's older brother and the three rebellious teenagers indulged in promiscuous sex . Eun-sook worries that her past may be revealed.