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Wikipedia article
'Venus Talk' (; lit. "The Laws of Pleasures") is a 2014 South Korean film about the sex and love lives of three women in their forties, played by Uhm Jung-hwa, Moon So-ri and Jo Min-su. The romantic dramedy is directed by Kwon Chil-in. The screenplay by Lee Soo-ah won the Grand Prize at the 1st Lotte Entertainment Script Contest. It was released in theaters on February 13, 2014.
Plot
Shin-hye (Uhm Jung-hwa) is a capable, successful TV producer, sometimes derided as a "gold miss" for still being single in her forties. Her protege-turned-longtime boyfriend, the current chief of their TV network, just left her for a younger woman who also happens to be Shin-hye's junior colleague.
Shin-hye has two best friends, Mi-yeon (Moon So-ri), a housewife who isn't satisfied with her sex life with her rather docile husband Jae-ho (Lee Sung-min), and Hae-young (Jo Min-su), a soft-hearted, divorced single mother who wants her grown daughter Soo-jung (Jeon Hye-jin) to move out so she can have more time with her widowed boyfriend, carpenter Sung-jae (Lee Geung-young).
Soon, life gets better for the three friends. Shin-hye begins a thrilling relationship with a younger man (Lee Jae-yoon), another TV producer who is 17 years her junior; she tries to keep the relationship casual but can't stop herself from falling for him. Mi-yeon and Jae-ho enjoy a second honeymoon after their daughter leaves to study abroad and he starts taking Viagra. Soo-jung finally gets married upon her unexpected pregnancy and moves out of Hae-young's home. But things take a turn when Hae-young is diagnosed with cancer, and Mi-yeon finds out her husband had an affair.
Cast
*Uhm Jung-hwa as Jung Shin-hye
*Moon So-ri as Jo Mi-yeon
*Jo Min-su as Lee Hae-young
*Lee Geung-young as Choi Sung-jae
*Lee Sung-min as Lee Jae-ho
*Lee Jae-yoon as Hwang Hyun-seung
*Jeon Hye-jin as Kim Soo-jung
*Choi Moo-sung as Lee Sung-wook
*Kwon Hae-hyo as Representative Park
*Kim Ho-jin as Gu Dong-wook
*Jin Seon-kyu as Kim Dae-ri
*Lee So-yoon as Lee Se-young
*Seol Ji-yoon as Cafe owner
*Jang Hyuk-jin as Detective
*Kim Yong-jun as Dermatologist
*Kim Si-jeong as Internal medicine doctor
* Jo Woo-jin as PD Choi
*Jang Seo-yi as Masseuse
*BoA as Song Beom-sik (cameo)
Awards and nominations
2014 Baeksang Arts Awards
*Nomination: Best Supporting Actor - Lee Geung-young
References
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