Art Museum by the Zoo (1998)

Profile

• Movie: Art Museum by the Zoo
• Revised romanization: Misulgwan yup dongmulwon
• Hangul: 미술관옆 동물원
• Director: Lee Jeong-Hyang
• Writer: Lee Jeong-Hyang, Lee Taek-Yong, }Kim Jin
• Producer: Lee Choon-Yun, Lee Mi-Young, Lee Soo-Jung, Kim Hong-Baek
• Cinematographer Jo Young-Gyu
• Release Date: December 19, 1998
• Runtime: 108 min.
• Genre: Romance
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Chul-soo, a young man on leave from his military service, goes to stay with his girlfriend Da-hye. However, Da-hye has already left to marry someone else, and she sublet her apartment to Choon-hee, a quiet amateur filmmaker. Chul-soo and Choon-hee start arguing almost as soon as they meet, but he ends up staying in her apartment and helping her with a script she’s writing for a contest. They continue to conflict with one another because of their opposite views on life and love.

When they go to a park in the suburbs, Chul-soo wants to visit the zoo full of people and animals, life and activity. On the other hand, Choon-hee prefers the art museum. She likes to look at things at a distance; pictures in frames and life through her camera lens. At the moment, Chul-soo is hurting from his break-up and Choon-hee’s imagination is captivated by an ideal one-sided love, but who knows what will happen by the time they finish the script?