Title: 시라노;연애조작단 Shirano (Cyrano); Yeonae Jojakdan
English Title:
- Cyrano Agency
- Cyrano Dating Agency
Language: Korean
Year: 2010
Cast:
- 엄태웅 Uhm Tae Woong
- 박신혜 Park Shin Hye
- 이민정 Lee Min Jung
- 최다니엘 Choi Daniel
- 박철민 Park Chul Min
- 전역산 Jun Yuk San
- 송새벽 Song Sae Byuk
- 류현경 Ryu Hyun Kyung
- 이미소 Lee Mi Soo
SYNOPSIS
The Cyrano Dating Agency claims it can make someone fall in love in a top secret manner. It used to be a theater group, but it started taking on special projects to make ends meet. The Cyrano Dating Agency is composed of manager Byung Hoon, scriptwriter Chul Bin, production assistant Min Young, and researcher Jae Pil.
Soccer player Hyun Geon hired the agency so he can get to know the coffee shop worker Sun Ah. The agency researched about Sun Ah's likes, and gave Hyun Geon a makeover so that he satisfies her preferences. The agency also constructed many situations to make Sun Ah more open to Hyun Geon's wooing.
Financial trader Sang Yong also hired the agency to get close to his crush Hee Jung. They met at a church service, and he is convinced that they are destined for each other.
Byung Hoon didn't want to accept Sang Yong as a customer because he realized that Hee Jung is his ex-girlfriend that he has really never gotten over. But because of the agency's debts, he has no choice but to take on the case.
REVIEW
Cyrano Dating Agency is an interesting movie about a special dating agency that claims to make people fall in love in secret. Byung Hoon and his staff conduct extensive research on their clients and their target persons, and they create situations to make the target persons fall in love with their clients.
? Min Young: Politicians and celebrities, what they do in public is all staged. Their every word has been planned in advance.
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? Jae Pil: Why do stars in films and dramas act and speak so cool? Because there's a script.
? Byung Hoon: In reality, people fumble because there's no script. But with us, your love life could have the perfect script.
I think it will be quite interesting to work at a dating agency, specifically Seo Byung Hoon's version. Do companies like that really exist, and how do they recruit employees? I'm really interested with the work they do, and I think I can be quite good at it with my wild imagination and crazy ideas.
? Min Young: Men have hang-ups about the men their women used to date... Women are more curious about who their ex will date next... That's just the way it is.
Honestly though, I am a little conflicted with the existence of Byung Hoon's version of dating agency in real life. It seems acceptable for it to exist in a fictional world but it somehow seems unacceptable for it to exist in the real world.
I think there's generally nothing wrong with what the company is doing because they assess the feelings of all parties involved before taking a case, and essentially they have good intentions about their work. However, if I was a target of one of their clients, I can't help but feel manipulated and I suppose I will definitely question everything that has happened, including my feelings and actions and reactions.
Alike:
연애조작단; 시라노 Dating Agency; Cyrano
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시라노;연애조작단 Cyrano Dating Agency
