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group of Yeo-rae's loyal fans, singing her theme song, turns the tide. As
Jonathan makes a latch-ditch attempt to reach Yeo-rae, a vengeful ostrich who has followed Jonathan from the island swoops in and carries him off. Yeo-rae makes a semi-successful return to acting, and her longstanding fan club excitedly follows her reignited career.
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The couple finally returns to Seoul to promote the park's opening. Seeing advertising for the event, Beom-woo is inspired to help Yeo-rae finally be free, and recruits friends to crash the event. When they arrive, Jonathan and his security team seem to have the upper hand, but the arrival of a small
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on July 14, 2023. The film's star Lee Hanee won NYAFF's 2023 Best from the East Award, which honors a singularly outstanding performance on a film, for her "absolutely dazzling comedic performance as a former superstar whose would-be dream marriage takes her to the depths of an existential hell and
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The two begin to communicate in secret. Several plans, including an allergy attack, car crash, and paper plane injury, are discarded before they decide to use
Jonathan's ego against him. Yeo-rae brings her husband to a sauna, and along with Beom-woo challenges him to sweat himself to death in a
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Memories of Matsuko and the films of Wes Anderson... that screams 'cult movie.'"
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