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* FirstLoveLastsForever: The undertone of the ending. [[spoiler:Nora goes back to Arthur after saying goodbye to Hae-Sung, but her sobbing at the end in his arms implies that, even if Nora and Arthur's marriage survives, she will always love Hae-Sung.]]

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* FirstLoveLastsForever: ForeverFling: The undertone of the ending. [[spoiler:Nora goes back to Arthur after saying goodbye to Hae-Sung, but her sobbing at the end in his arms implies that, even if Nora and Arthur's marriage survives, she will always love Hae-Sung.]]
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* FirstLoveLastsForever: The undertone of the ending. [[spoiler:Nora goes back to Arthur after saying goodbye to Hae-Sung, but her sobbing at the end in his arms implies that, even if Nora and Arthur's marriage survives, she will always love Hae-Sung.]]
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* AsideGlance: The first shot of the film, of Nora, Hae Sung and Arthur from the perspective of an off-screen couple observing them, pushes in on the three until it becomes a close-up on Nora; the shot ends with her looking directly at the camera.

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* AsideGlance: The first shot of the film, of Nora, Hae Sung and Arthur from the perspective of an off-screen couple observing them, pushes in on the three until it becomes a close-up on Nora; the shot ends with her looking directly at the camera. Celine Song [[https://youtu.be/IAy9WVR5BUg?si=jx3GqwHHmDmEjeUW&t=587 stated]] that this moment was designed so that Nora's look would simultaneously welcome and implicate the audience.
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* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Played with. Arthur comes off as remarkably accepting of the situation between Nora and Hae Sung and doesn't stop them from meeting, even saying at one point that such behavior would probably be expected of him [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall if they were characters in a story]]. However, it's implied that his feelings on the matter are more complex than what he ends up sharing, through the non-verbal elements of his performance as well as the script, as seen in this exchange:

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* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Played with. Arthur comes off as remarkably accepting of the situation between Nora and Hae Sung and doesn't stop them from meeting, even saying at one point that such behavior would probably be expected of him [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall if they were characters in a story]]. However, it's implied that his feelings on the matter are more complex than what he ends up sharing, which is indicated through several exchanges he has with Nora (such as when he jokes that she wouldn't drop everything to run away with Hae Sung, only to then sincerely ask for assurance that she won't), the non-verbal elements of his performance as well as performance, and how the script, as seen in script describes him at certain moments like this exchange:one:
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* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Played with. Arthur comes off as remarkably accepting of the situation between Nora and Hae Sung and doesn't stop them from meeting, even saying at one point that such behavior would probably be expected of him [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall if they were characters in a story]]. However, it's implied that his feelings on the matter are more complex than what he ends up sharing, through the non-verbal elements of his performance as well as the script, as seen in this exchange:
-->'''NORA:''' Are you mad?\\
'''ARTHUR:''' (yes) No.

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