
We Live in Time(2024)
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.


“A first love pov story.”
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Kim Yoo-jung
Na Bo-ra

Byeon Woo-seok
Poong Woon-ho

Park Jung-woo
Baek Hyun-jin

Roh Yoon-seo
Kim Yeon-du

Kim Sung-kyung
Bo-ra's Mother

Jeong Seok-yong
Bo-ra's Father

Yoon Yi-reh
Madam

Jeon Hye-won
Darn It

Kim Nu-rim
Dong-wook

Han Hyo-joo
Adult Na Bo-ra
20th Century Girl is a romance, drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of friendship, love triangle, coming of age, unrequited love, teenage girl, tearjerker. Directed by Bang Woo-ri, it stars Kim Yoo-jung, Byeon Woo-seok, Park Jung-woo. In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
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