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The Recipe Movie Analysis

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‘’The recipe’’ aka Doenjang, which means bean paste, is a film that falls into multiple genres. It’s a mystery, comedy, romance, melodrama and even includes fantasy elements. It is directed by Lee Seo-Goon (Anna Lee) and co-written by Lee Seo-Goon and Bae Se-young. Ryoo Seung-ryong, Lee Yo-Won and Lee Dong-wook are the main cast. The extended cast includes the always excellent Cho Seong-ha, Yoo Seung-mok and Lee Yong-nyeo. It is worth noting that this production made its appearance in quite few film festivals: 2010 (15th) Busan International Film Festival (Word premiere), 2011 (61st) Berlin International Film Festival, 2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival and 2015 (44th) International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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The complexity of the procedure and especially the last sentence about the important ingredients for the recipe can be interpreted as an analogy. The ingredients for making the recipe are the same ones human relationships, and especially those concerning love, are made of: tears and waiting.

It’s also worth mentioning that the closing titles of ‘’The recipe’’ are some of the most beautiful ones I have ever watched. The combination of the touching music played in the background with the lose up of the pure crystals of Sodium chloride (common salt) in the tears is heartwarming

Ryoo Seung-ryong, who can be considered the true protagonist of the film, is generally very good in his role as Choi Yu-jin, even though he is overacting in the first half hour of the film. Fortunately, in the later part of the film he tones down his acting. Maybe this overacting was partially intentional, in order to intensify the transformation of Choi Yu-Jin’s character. From cynical and funny, even in inappropriate situations, he becomes an empathetic man at the end of the film due to the impact of the deeply touching story of Jang Hye-jin and Kim Hyun-soo, and even by the story of Chairman Park, played by Cho

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