An Affair

An Affair

1998 · 108 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, Romance

Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten-year-old son and a successful architect husband. For her, life is a series of banal routines. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of Woo-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiancé.

Directed by E J-yong · Written by E J-yong

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