''Viva! Love'' (; lit. "Celebrate! Our Love") is a 2008 South Korean
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...
directed by Oh Joum-kyun. It won Best Film at the
45th Baeksang Arts Awards
The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...
, as well as several Best New Director prizes for Oh.
Plot
Bong-soon is a middle-aged housewife who runs a lodging house. She lives with her good-for-nothing husband who's quietly having an affair, and her selfish, unemployed daughter Jeong-yoon whose boyfriend Gu-sang is a tenant who owns the neighborhood laundromat. When Jeong-yoon finally lands a job, she moves out and abruptly breaks up with Gu-sang. Bong-soon sees the heartbroken Gu-sang drinking away his sorrows, and taking pity on him, she takes him home and attempts to comfort him. One thing leads to another, and the two sleep together. To her great surprise, Bong-soon ends up pregnant with Gu-sang's baby. Despite the
age gap and the neighbors' disapproval, the two fall in love and Gu-sang makes Bong-soon feel like a giddy teenage girl again.
Cast
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Kim Hae-sook
Kim Hae-sook (; born December 30, 1955) is a South Korean actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such ...
as Bong-soon
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Gi Ju-bong
Gi Ju-bong (born September 3, 1955) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Gi began acting in 1977 and is notable for ''Offending the Audience
''Offending the Audience'' is a play by Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is sometimes called an "anti-p ...
as Mr. Ha, Bong-soon's husband
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Kim Young-min as Gu-sang
*Kim Hye-na as Jeong-yoon
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Bang Eun-hee
Bang Eun-hee (born Bang Min-seo on May 7, 1967) is a South Korean actress. Bang made her acting debut in 1988, and rose to fame after being cast as the lead actress in Im Kwon-taek's ''General's Son'' (1990). She has starred in films and televis ...
as Hairdresser
*Min Kyeong-jin as Mr. Choi
*Jeong Jae-jin as Mr. Lee
*Shin Cheol-jin as Mr. Yoon
*Hong Seok-yeon as Mr. Kim
*Jo Han-hee as Mr. Choi's wife
*Oh Joo-hee as Mr. Lee's wife
*Kim Yong-seon as Mr. Yoon's wife
*Lee Yong-nyeo as Mr. Kim's wife
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Yang Ik-june
Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film '' Breathless'', which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in.
Career
Born in Seoul in 1975, Yang graduated from the Departme ...
as Student boarder 1
*Im Yong-jae as Student Boarder 2
*Lee Jun-sik as Redevelopment site employee
*Han Gyu-nam as Young man
*Shim Hye-gyu as Single bodhisattva
*Geum Dong-hyeon as Pharmacist
*Lee Eung-jae as Male customer at
noraebang
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*Jang Gyeong-jin as Female customer at noraebang
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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{{Paeksang Arts Award Best Film
2008 films
South Korean romantic comedy films
2008 romantic comedy films
2000s South Korean films