All for Love (; also known as My Lovely Week) is a 2005 South Korean romantic comedy film. It was Min Kyu-dong's solo directorial debut. The film was the 10th highest grossing Korean production of 2005 with 2,533,103 sold nationwide."The Best Selling Films of 2005" . Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
Synopsis A week passes in Seoul, with a diverse group of couples and singles experiencing love or tragedy in strong doses. Broken families and newly formed marriages, struggles with debt or with an uneasy conscience, conflict and resolution, sickness and health, newly discovered love, the resurfacing of old relationships...
Plot A lovely week in the lives of these people.
An elderly woman (Oh Mi-hee) rents a coffee shop from a gruff theater owner (Joo Hyun).
A newlywed couple crushed by debt and desperate for work, the down-on-his-luck salesman (Im Chang-jung) hides the fact that he sells trinkets on the subway from his wife (Seo Young-hee).
A bill collector (Kim Soo-ro) who is fed up with his job is then offered a spot on a local reality television show to relive his college basketball days and also fulfill the wish of a terminally ill girl (Kim You-jung).
A tightly wound, divorced father (Chun Ho-jin) works in the music industry. He is struggling to raise his son, and needs to find a maid.
His ex-wife (Uhm Jung-hwa) is a fiery spirited psychiatrist, who has perhaps met her match with a rough-and-tumble cop (Hwang Jung-min).
A famous male pop singer (Jung Kyung-ho) becomes stricken with a mysterious illness after his contract is cancelled by the music executive. He meets a young nun (Yoon Jin-seo) who tried to kill herself due to her strong feelings for him.
Cast
Uhm Jung-hwa as Hur Yu-jung Im Chang-jung as Kim Chang-hoo Kim Soo-ro as Park Sung-won Hwang Jung-min as Na Do-chul Joo Hyun as Mr. Kwak Chun Ho-jin as Jo Jae-kyung Yoon Jin-seo as Im Soo-kyung Jung Kyung-ho as Yu Jung-hun Seo Young-hee as Ha Seon-ae Oh Mi-hee as Oh Yeo-in Jeon Hye-jin as Writer Lee Kim Tae-hyun as Min Tae-hyun Lee Byeong-jun as Jo Ji-seok Kim You-jung as Kim Jin-a Kim Yoon-seok as Dong-man Jung Yoon-min as Det. Lee Hwang Hyo-eun as Nurse Kim Ha Ji-won as Yun-joo (cameo) Ryu Seung-soo as assistant director (cameo) Jo Hee-bong as cameo Lee Se-young as actress Jasmine (cameo) Woo Hyun as cameo Lee Hwan as pickpocket (cameo) Park Jin-woo Shin Sung-rok Han Sang-jin as youngest detective Kim Dong-wook Park Jeong-sun
Awards and nominations 2005 Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Supporting Actress - Oh Mi-hee Best New Actor - Kim Tae-hyun Best New Actress - Seo Young-hee Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong Best Planning/Producer - Oh Jeong-wan, Lee Yoo-jin Special Jury Prize - Min Kyu-dong
2005 Blue Dragon Film Awards"All For Love - Awards" . Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-04. Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Seo Young-hee Nomination - Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong Nomination - Best Visual Effects
2005 Korean Film Awards Best Editing - Moon In-dae
2006 Grand Bell Awards Nomination - Best Director - Min Kyu-dong Nomination - Best Screenplay - Yu Seong-hyeop and Min Kyu-dong Nomination - Best New Actor - Jung Kyung-ho Nomination - Best New Actress - Kim You-jung
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20120111212537/http://www.lovelyweek.co.kr/