Untold Scandal

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Untold Scandal
Directed by Lee Jae-Yong
Written by - novel -
Choderlos de Laclos
- screenplay -
Kim Dae Woo
Kim Hyun Jeong
Starring Lee Mi Suk
Bae Yong Joon
Jeon Do Yeon
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
IMDb profile
Korean name
Hangul 스캔들 - 조선 남녀 상열지사
Hanja 스캔들 - 朝鮮男女相悅之詞
Revised Romanization Seukandeul - Joseon namnyeo sang'yeoljisa
McCune-Reischauer Sŭk'aendŭl - Chosŏn namnyŏ sang'yŏlchisa

Untold Scandal is a South Korean film released in 2003.

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[edit] Plot

Originally adapted from Les Liaisons dangereuses, the film is set in the late 18th century, towards the late Joseon dynasty.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Comparisons

  • Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont - Jo-won
  • Madame Marie de Tourvel - Lady Jeong
  • Valmont's aunt - ??
  • Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil - Madam Jo
  • Cécile de Volanges - Lee So-oak
  • Madame de Volanges (Cécile's mother) - So-oak's mother
  • former lover of Merteuil - Madam Jo's husband
  • Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Cécile's music tutor) - Kwon In-ho

[edit] Differences from the original

Monsieur de Tourvel (Madame Marie de Tourvel/Lady Jeong's husband), who was away for a court case in the novel, was in the film deceased, making Lady Jeong a widow of nine years. Furthermore, Lady Jeong lived in Kanghwa, and, in the film, she is living in Seoul as there was a plague at her hometown at that time.

Jo-won (Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont) and Madam Jo (Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil) were in the film cousins (Jo-won the younger cousin[1]), and it is revealed that Jo-won's first love was Madam Jo,[2] whereas in the novel, they were rivals, yet using the same tools for their revenge: sex.

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Madam Jo)'s former lover is arranged to be Cécile's future husband in the novel, but in the film, his character is Madam Jo's husband. In So-ok's case, she is being made into a concubine of Madam Jo's husband for the continuity of the family lineage with the elders' consent.

Lee So-ok (Cécile de Volanges) was ushered in to Madam Jo's care to be the concubine of his husband, and is conspiring with Jo-won to have her pregnant for revenge (with Madam Jo telling his husband what really happened to So-ok at her husband's deathbed)

Chevalier Raphael Danceny was originally Cécile's music tutor in the novel, but in the film, Kwon In-ho (Raphael Danceny's counterpart) is the youngest son of Madam Jo's next-door neighbor and also Lady Jeong's cousin.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Film Synopsis
  2. ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Jo-won's Profile
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