Apr
13
2007
A Good Day to Have an Affair
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Movie : A Good Day to Have an Affair (A Day for an Affair) / Baram-pigi joheun nal
Year : February 8, 2007
Country : South Korea
Director : Mun-il Jang
Starring : Hye-su Kim, Jin-seo Yun, Min-gi Lee, Jong-hyeok Lee
Run Time : 103 Minutes
Editor Rating : 8.0
Users Rating: 7.89 
(19 votes)
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Plot Synopsis : Two bored housewives have affairs with two different men they meet in online chat rooms. As their relationships developed into offline relationships they often pass each other unwittingly in the hallways of the motels where they meet their lovers.
One day, the lady known as “Dew” is in a room with her aged college lover. Suddenly, her husband bursts through their door, along with police officers that he brought. The other lady known as “Small Bird” is in a adjacent room listening to what’s going on in the other room. Small Bird whispers to her lover to be quiet, because the police officer in the other room is her husband.
Movie Review : While watching “A Good Day To Have An Affair” I couldn’t help to feel this guilty pleasure, perhaps similar to what the characters felt while having their illicit relationships. The married ladies were having affairs with single men after all, so initially this moral flag came up in my mind. Yet, while their affairs progressed further, I couldn’t help to become more enamored with the film as the character’s personalities became more apparent, as well as often smiling to myself from the quirky things that they would do.
In particular, “Dew,” played by the very sultry Hye-su Kim, was this dynamic character that really brought the movie to life. She played a hilarious bored rich housewife, dealing with certain personal issues, that often made her seem like a teenager going through her rebellious period. Hye-Su Kim showed in “Tazza : The High Rollers” that she could deftly play the sex bomb type of character, but her performance in “A Good Day To Have An Affair” showed comedy & drama is something she can handle as adeptly. Although Dew was in her late 30’s, she lived her life as a disgruntled and, often goofy, teenager. This somewhat explains why she clicked so well with her dopey college aged lover. Beyond the comedy elements Dew’s character was also the most complex. She had a strong affinity for Edward Hopper like paintings that often appeared in “A Good Day To Have An Affair.” The paintings typically showed an empty bedroom with sunlight shining through an open door or portraits of a lady sitting by herself in a empty room near a window. Yeah if you haven’t guessed it by now, loneliness is one of the primary reasons why these women had affairs.
The other lady known as “Small Bird,” played by Jin-seo Yun (the lovestruck teenager nun in My Lovely Week), had the opposite type of personality compared to Dew. She was still relatively young, but married way to early in life. More than anything else she longed for companionship and romance that was missing from her stale married life. Her husband was a workaholic cop who rarely conversed with her beyond the daily marital duties type of chit chat.
To maybe better understand “A Good Day For An Affair,” one should look at the original Korean title for the film, which would have the literal translation of “A Windy Day.” The breezy days passing over the lives of the two female characters were fleeting but nonetheless a welcome reprieve from the dull static nature of their typical days. Loneliness is what afflicts these ladies and even with their very distinct personalities they sought the same thing, which, on the most basic level, is happiness. For Dew & Small Bird the main question would be “can happiness be attained through love, marriage, or extra-marital affairs?” In a further unexpected twist, the movie doesn’t dwell on answering this question through long diatribes between the characters. Instead the answers are given through scenes that occur naturally in the film.The most poignant moment would have been the windy scene near the end of the film, when Small Bird leaves the motel for the final time. She walked into the motel on two crutches, but walked out of that motel with the help of only one broken crutch (Symbolic? You bet). A particularly strong autumn wind was blowing against her as she walked up the street with the help of her one broken crutch.
“A Good Day for an Affair” packs a surprising amount of fun, especially the scenes between Hye-Su Kim and her college aged lover. The core of the film dwells on the loneliness that afflicts two very different women, which is dealt with in an intelligent & often fun manner that never gets overbearing. Hye-Su Kim was particularly impressive in this film. Colour me impressed on this one.
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Cast:
Hye-su Kim – Dew
Jin-seo Yun – Small Bird
Jong-hyeok Lee
Min-gi Lee – studentSang-Myeon Park – Dew’s husband
Eun-pyo Jeong
Yun-hong Oh
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Also, in Korean, the expression “windy boy” means “player”, or “cheat”. It’s possible that the translation of the Korean title “A Windy Day” takes on a similar meaning.
I think in korean its against the law because i heard them mention it in another movie i watched last weekend…
Just saw the film. I’m a Canadian not Korean, there’s one detail which somebody could clarify. Are the police normally involved in adultery cases or was it just dramatic license in the movie.
I really liked the leading lady again in this movie, but in tazza the highrollers she was even better and much sexier also :-)
I think a 7 would be a good rating for this movie
His real name would be Min-gi Lee ( 이민기 ) and his character was just referred to as “college student” ( 대학생 ) in the movie.
Cheers..
what is her college lovers name? hes so cute!
really loved the sexy & swanky sisterhood in this one. although i found the refusal to explore the psychology behind affair-seeking (actually an anti-genre gesture the director seems to wear proudly like a badge) a bit disturbing. didn’t they only go as far as, “he cheated, so i’m doing it too?”
the thrill just don’t have context (not necessarily a preachy one, ANY will do) beyond the obvious “not allowed cos i’m married!”
if the actors weren’t so voluptuously endowed, this may have been even less appealing??
always good to see park sung-myeon get work tho!!