This movie begins with a young woman named "Ji-su" (Hye-su Kim) writing a novel on her computer keyboard. When she looks up she notices that objects within the room are floating all around her. At first she is more incredulous than anything else but as these objects suddenly come crashing down all around her she goes into a panic. Hearing her screams the husband "Min-seok" (Chang Yun) rushes in and attempts to calm his hysterical wife. Unable to do so he calls for an ambulance and Ji-su is then sedated and eventually hospitalized in a mental institution. Although the doctor in charge of her case is genuinely interested in helping her, it soon becomes clear that he is burned out and needs a change of scenery. So after consoling his patients by telling them that he is being replaced by a better doctor, he subsequently resigns. About a year later this same doctor, "Seok-won" (Taw-woo Kim) accidentally sees Ji-su causing a ruckus in a supermarket and after managing to calm the situation discovers that she has no recollection of him at all. One thing then leads to another and not long afterward she becomes his patient again. It's at this time however that he begins to have feelings for her which causes him to do things that are quite improper and unprofessional. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that the director (In-shik Kim) chose to show his artistic nature and the results were initially rather impressive. However, as the film progressed it became a little dull after a while which eventually lessened the overall impact. Even so, it remained interesting for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
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