Acting Love

A story about the transience of love

The lack of family support, the consequences of discrimination in conservative, heteronormative and patriarchal societies, the lack of friends, the nonexistence of a romantic partner, etc., can influence reinforcing a certain feeling of emptiness or loneliness that is often attempted wrongly satisfy with the fleeting and sporadic physical contact of casual sex, which sometimes has a price tag.
The LGBT+ themed short film reminds us that sex is not the solution to fill that void or that feeling of loneliness.
Distributed by Matchbox, the South Korean film released in 2021 explores the complexities of love, the human need to be free and human relationships, through an intimate approach and a visually poetic narrative.
Through the story of Soo Hyuk, a young man who silently cries out for help and works for a dating service run by a manager whose only interest is money, we will experience how the protagonist will experience the emotional ups and downs of an ephemeral love, when a The client hires him to spend the afternoon with him, but it may not end as they both expect, because while one hopes to find the dreaded violent sex, the other is looking for something more than a simple carnal relationship.
The meeting between prostitute and client, two heartbroken men seeking human warmth, will become a turning point in the lives of both young people, probably generating a radical change in their lives.
The director of the film (I would like to have references from the cast and crew) portrays two disturbed characters in an alienating environment, who will begin a brief emotional relationship, sharing their feelings and emotions, seeking the warmth of human company.
The story can convey a great feeling of melancholy. It may be the successful musicalization, or it may even be the story, with which it is difficult not to feel identified in a certain way:
- How not to feel identified with the client, a writer who needs much more than sex, and is looking for company to eat and talk while writing a novel... an anonymous client who uses the gay dating service for the first time and from the first moment feels worried seeing the newcomer sad, hurt, bewildered, stressed?
- How not to feel identified with a prostitute with a heart of gold who perceives himself as a sexual object for those who call the gay dating service looking for casual sex to hide the loneliness and pain in their lives. What does the cover photo want to tell us, if not the image of two men not behind a large window from where you can see the outside, but rather the bars of a prison from outside where you can see the sadness, the melancholy of their lives?
• How not to feel identified with the story of these two young people, which reminds us that there are people who are not here to stay with us, but who have a purpose in our lives. How can you not feel identified with the story of these two young people who forged a brief connection that helped them get to know themselves?
• How can you not feel identified with the end of the short, which sends us a message of hope, that everything will be fine if we take a sudden turn in our lives when they lead us to a dark and sad dead end?
In short, a tender erotic short film about the most prolific topic in gay cinema. What is old is new again. Transactional sex pales in comparison to a meaningful kiss.

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Beautiful, pleasant, underlining music.

Most of us have long noticed that Korean short films are special, engaging, different, and often even "Koreanly mysterious." And especially the pieces that gradually appear here are not completely new, but are gradually pulled out of the course of time.
It's no different with this five-year-old film, which really caught my attention and was shot exactly as the plot dictated, even though I would have imagined the ending to be a little different, more emotional and less physical, but I understand why the creators wanted to make it this way and made a whip out of shit. In Czech, they made something that you can think about with low production costs.
As always, I was impressed by the deeply sung Korean language, I can't imagine how the womanizers with high-pitched squeaky voices (not related to this film) are even able to communicate, when the content is often perceived based on the tone of voice.
I was extremely interested in the character of the "client" Chanwoo in this Escort Service. At first, I was bothered that he was too young for a client, until it was explained why just like that ... Deliciously lovely face with beautiful teeth and delicate Korean features and just as I wrote, I didn't need the conclusion as it was. I searched for a long time about this actor, but I was not successful, after all, Kim-s are full in Korea ... actually, not to be a dirty full ass, even Kim-ek, because "Kim" are also women
Beautiful, pleasant, underlining music.

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