Happiness (2007 film)


Happiness is a 2007 South Korean film, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Hwang Jung-min and Im Soo-jung. It is a love story about two people who meet while battling serious illnesses.

Plot

When stricken with a terminal disease, Young-su leaves his careless high life in the city, live-in girlfriend and dwindling business. He retreats to a sanatorium in the countryside in order to treat his illness, where he meets Eun-hee, a young woman who is a resident patient there. Soon they develop feelings for each other and leave the sanatorium together to live in a small but cozy farm house. Their health improves dramatically but when Young-su's friends from the city come for a visit, he starts to wonder if he should abandon mundane rural village and return to his former lifestyle.

Cast

;2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards
;2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
;2007 Korean Film Awards
;2008 Asian Film Awards
;2008 Baeksang Arts Awards
;2008 Buil Film Awards
;2008 Grand Bell Awards