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and Jo Min-su. The romantic

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is directed by Kwon Chil-in. The screenplay by Lee Soo-ah won the Grand Prize at the 1st Lotte Entertainment Script Contest. It was released in theaters on February 13, 2014.

Plot

Shin-hye (

) is a capable, successful TV producer, sometimes derided as a "gold miss" for still being single in her forties. Her protege-turned-longtime boyfriend, the current chief of their TV network, just left her for a younger woman who also happens to be Shin-hye's junior colleague. Shin-hye has two best friends, Mi-yeon (

), a housewife who isn't satisfied with her sex life with her rather docile husband Jae-ho ( Lee Sung-min), and Hae-young ( Jo Min-su), a soft-hearted, divorced single mother who wants her grown daughter Soo-jung ( Jeon Hye-jin) to move out so she can have more time with her widowed boyfriend, carpenter Sung-jae (

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). Soon, life gets better for the three friends. Shin-hye begins a thrilling relationship with a younger man ( Lee Jae-yoon), another TV producer who is 17 years her junior; she tries to keep the relationship casual but can't stop herself from falling for him. Mi-yeon and Jae-ho enjoy a second honeymoon after their daughter leaves to study abroad and he starts taking

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. Soo-jung finally gets married upon her unexpected pregnancy and moves out of Hae-young's home. But things take a turn when Hae-young is diagnosed with

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, and Mi-yeon finds out her husband had an affair.

Cast

as Jung Shin-hye *

as Jo Mi-yeon * Jo Min-su as Lee Hae-young *

as Choi Sung-jae * Lee Sung-min as Lee Jae-ho * Lee Jae-yoon as Hwang Hyun-seung * Jeon Hye-jin as Kim Soo-jung *

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as Lee Sung-wook *

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as Representative Park *

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as Gu Dong-wook *

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as Kim Dae-ri *Lee So-yoon as Lee Se-young *Seol Ji-yoon as Cafe owner *

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as Detective *Kim Yong-jun as Dermatologist *Kim Si-jeong as Internal medicine doctor * Jo Woo-jin as PD Choi *Jang Seo-yi as Masseuse *

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as Song Beom-sik ( cameo)

Awards and nominations

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*Nomination: Best Supporting Actor -

References

External links

* * * *{{IMDb title, 3923116, Venus Talk 2014 films South Korean romantic comedy films 2014 romantic comedy films Lotte Entertainment films 2010s Korean-language films 2010s South Korean films