Love in the Big City

Local title
Armastus suurlinnas
Original title
대도시의 사랑법
Director
E.oni
Country
Republic of Korea
Year
2024
Festival
20th Tartuff
Programme
Town Hall Square Film Programme
Genre
Drama
Subject
love, friendship, LGBTQ, coming of age, women

An impossible relationship, growing misunderstandings, personal desires and enduring love in Seoul.

E.oni, an expert on Korean romance dramas, fell in love with a popular, bestselling LGBT+ novel from 2019 about the common complexities of human relationships.

Two caring roommates. Two best friends with secrets. Two lonely soulmates desperately looking for love. They may not be each other's ideal type. Jae-hee is a daring, confident woman who doesn't care what others say or think. More vulnerable and kind, Heung-soo wishes to hide his gay identity because he feels unsafe in contemporary, bustling Seoul. Surrounded by vicious rumours and growing suspicions, the only way for them to survive is to remain together through joyful, tender and sad moments.

In South Korea, only one in 35 films is directed by a woman (mostly low-budget independent arthouse films). After the successful premiere in Toronto, 880,000 spectators in Korean cinemas trusted E.oni’s emotional, visionary approach to unconditional love.

Director
E.oni
Screenwriter
Nadeul KIM
Cast
Kim Go-eun, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Salim Benoit, Go-eun KIM, Steve Sanghyun Noh
Producer
Jeongin HONG, Il Hyung CHO
Cinematographer
Hyoungju KIM
Editing
Sun Min KIM, Hyun Mee LEE
Production
SHOWBOX, Tale Farming, Plus M Entertainment
Distribution
Plus M Entertainment
Runtime
Language
Korean
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Screenings

Open Air Cinema Town Hall Square
Screening080101 / Armastus suurlinnas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Trailer