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Ardor is a film of genre Drama directed by Byun Young-joo released in USA on 8 november 2002 with Kim Yoon-jin
Ardor (2002)
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Add to a movie listArdor (Hangul: 밀애; RR: Milae), is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Byun Young-joo. It stars Yunjin Kim of Lost fame. It is based on the novel "A Special Day That Comes Only Once In My Life" (내 생에 꼭 하루뿐일 특별한 날) by Jeon Gyeong-rin.
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A thirty-year-old housewife, Mi-heun, is visited by a woman in a red sweater. She smirks and tells Mi-heun that her husband is her lover. These few words take away and shatter Mi-heun's life as she knew it, a true terror on an unforgettable Christmas evening.Actors
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