reel:CYRANO AGENCY 시라노;연애조작단

 

Movie: Cyrano Agency

Revised romanization: Shirano; Yeonaejojakdan

Hangul: 시라노;연애조작단

Director: Kim Hyeon-Seok

Writer: Kim Hyeon-Seok

Producer: Shim Jae-Myung

Cinematographer: Kim Woo-Hyung

Release Date: September 16, 2010

Runtime: 117 min.

Genre: Romantic-Comedy

Distributor: Lotte Entertainment

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

CAST

UHM TAE WOONG as Byung

LEE MIN JUNG as Hee-Joong

PARK SHIN HYE as Min Young

DANIEL CHOI as Sang-Yong

 PLOT (AsianWiki)

The Cyrano Agency consists of four people from a theater troupe who offers a unique cupid service for lovelorn clients. The company intricately devises and implements schemes, custom tailored to match the interests of their intended target, for the ultimate goal of obtaining romance for their client. The boss and mastermind behind the agency is Byung-Hoon (Uhm Tae-Woong).

Things take a strange twist at the Cyrano Agency when a new client named Sang-Yong (Daniel Choi) enters their office. Sang-Yong is a straight-laced financial trader who is rather inept with personal relationships. He has fallen for a free spirited woman named Hee-Joong (Lee Min-Jung) and seeks out the Cyrano Agency's help. The boss for the Cyrano Agency, Byung-Hoon, then notices that Hee-Joong is his ex-girlfriend with whom he has really never gotten over ....

REVIEW

I loved the movie! The characters have great chemistry and camaraderie that one will want to join their gang; and be nostalgic of their own loved ones. The soundtrack is great that I have Agnes Baltsa on my itunes right after I watched the movie.

AWARDS

2010 (47th) Daejong Film Awards ~ Best New Actress (Lee Min-Jung)

2010 (47th) Daejong Film Awards ~ Popularity Award (Lee Min-Jung)

2010 (31th) Blue Dragon Film Awards ~ Best New Actress (Lee Min-Jung)

2010 (31th) Blue Dragon Film Awards ~ Best Screenplay (Kim Hyeon-Seok)

2010 (13th) Director's Cut Awards ~ Best New Actress (Lee Min-Jung)

2011 (47th) PaekSang Arts Awards~ Most Popular Actress (Park Shin-Hye)

TRIVIA

1. Based on Edmond Rostand's play "Cyrano de Bergerac".
2. Song played at the cafe is by Agnes Baltsa “Aspri Mera Ke Ya Mas (There Will Be Better Days, Even For Us) (영화 시라노 연애조작단 엄태웅, 이민정 테마곡)"
3. Cyrano Agency had a cameo in the Korean Drama "Mischievous Kiss' episode 8.

credits ~ Google Images, AsiaWiki