In My End Is My Beginning

Not to be confused with The End Is My Beginning.
In My End Is My Beginning
Hangul 끝과 시작
Hanja 끝과 始作
Revised Romanization Ggeutgwa sijak
McCune–Reischauer Kkŭtgwa sijak
Directed by Min Kyu-dong
Produced by Min Ji-soo
Seo Eun-jung
Written by Min Kyu-dong
Starring Uhm Jung-hwa
Kim Hyo-jin
Hwang Jung-min
Music by Kim Jun-seong
Cinematography Kim Byeong-seo
Kim Jun-young
Edited by Seong Su-a
Distributed by Lotte Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 4, 2013
Running time
 87 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

In My End Is My Beginning (Hangul: 끝과 시작; RR: Ggeutgwa sijak) is a 2013 South Korean film starring Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Hyo-jin, and Hwang Jung-min.

In My End Is My Beginning originally appeared as a short film in Five Senses of Eros, a 2009 anthology about sensuality and sexuality. Then writer-director Min Kyu-dong expanded the short into a feature-length director's cut, which provides a fuller version of the story including "the end" of the relationship not shown in the short. This expanded theatrical version made its world premiere at the 2009 Busan International Film Festival.[1] It was later released in theaters on April 4, 2013.[2][3]

The title is a quotation from the T. S. Eliot poem East Coker.

Plot

Jung-ha (Uhm Jung-hwa) is left alone and heartbroken after her husband Jae-in (Hwang Jung-min) dies in a car accident. Her grief sharpens when she learns after his death that he had been cheating on her with her friend Na-ru (Kim Hyo-jin). As a novelist, Jae-in had been looking for new stimulation to rouse him from his boring routine, and the secrecy and risk of his affair with Na-ru inspired his work. After Jae-in's funeral, Na-ru goes to Jung-ha, begging for forgiveness, saying that she will do anything if only Jung-ha will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha refuses at first, but eventually they begin living together. The strange co-habitation arrangement between Jung-ha and Na-ru and its complicated web of love, hate, lust, and guilt, develops into a lesbian relationship, leading to a new way of life.[4][5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Elley, Derek (27 October 2009). "In My End is My Beginning". Variety. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  2. ↑ Kim, Hyun-min (22 March 2013). "Fatal Love, Hatred and Sympathy - In My End Is My Beginning". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. ↑ Lee, Jin-ho (28 March 2013). "Uhm Jung Hwa and Kim Hyo Jin Release Seductive Lesbian Stills for Upcoming Film". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  4. ↑ "In My End Is My Beginning (2013)". The Chosun Ilbo. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  5. ↑ "2013.4.5 NOW PLAYING: In My End Is My Beginning (19)". Korea JoongAng Daily. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

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