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<\/a><\/p>\nAlso known as \u201cThe Secret River\u201d, SECRET LOVE is the tremulous, sultry account of a bizarre love triangle, a delectably gripping noir fuelled by the belief that good romance is fundamentally bad, fleshed from failure and the freakish coupling of hurt and desire. Barely two months into their marriage, Yeon-I\u2019s (Yoon Jin-Seo, Oldboy) husband, Jin-Wu (Yoo Ji-tae, Oldboy) gets into an accident and falls into a coma that leaves him as good as dead, both to the world and to his young bride. Leaden with loss, Yeon-I nonetheless lives on, leading the devastated half-existence of people numb with tragedy, with the sole, sullen comfort of watching videos of her recent wedding until\u2026 out of nowhere, Jin-wu\u2019s identical twin brother Jin-Ho (also played by Yoo, taking on subtly conflicting, dual roles) returns to Korea, much to the shock of Yeon-I.<\/p>\n
Initially wary of each other, a fumbling relationship begins to form between the young wife and her brother-in-law, clouded by the fog of grief, guilt, and confusion. But soon, emotions boil over, and the clothes come off, swept away by the full tide of their mutual attraction. Yeon-I finds herself between a rock and a hard place, and in more than a bit of a pickle, when Jin-Wu miraculously wakes up from his coma. The dangerous liaison develops with the cool perversity of a Claude Chabrol film, as the reluctant m\u00e9nage \u00e0 trois burns in the flames of erotic fixation and betrayal, reeling towards certain distaster.<\/p>\n
All the while, seemingly molded from porcelain, the vulnerable, alarming sweetness of actress Yoon Jin-Seo holds the movie together, in this reunion with her partner from Oldboy, Yoo Ji-Tae, whose tall, lean frame quivers with thought and afterthought throughout this erotic thriller\/melodrama, supplying the film with everything that Yoon artfully holds back.<\/p>\n
Nearly a decade ago, Yoon Jin-Seo exploded onto the world of cinema with her star-making role in Park Chan-wook\u2019s blockbuster OLDBOY. The stunning 29-year-old young actress has been a staple of the Korean film industry ever since and from the supernatural horrors of Ki-hwan Oh\u2019s Voices to the laugh-packed Good Day for an Affair, this petite powerhouse has the world\u2019s attention and shows no signs of slowing down. After ten short years, her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 now tallies more than a dozen of Korea\u2019s biggest features, so it\u2019s no surprise that the Korean Cultural Service \u2013 in association with The New York Asian Film Festival \u2013 is immensely proud to present two nights of this talented, boundary-pushing young actress\u2019 most powerful new films\u2026 with Ms. Jin-Seo herself in attendance on July 10th!<\/p>\n