A practice run for Writer Kim Tae Hee, they share strong ensemble casts and characters, an interest in the relationship between personal and political, ripple effects, the integration of social and economic issues, history., power, time, technical details

negotiating relationship + love in the "real world", Moon Ga-young at the centre, clashing desires, late capitalism + neoliberalism, the gap between you and me

Note that the director watched Moon Ga-young in a one-act play/drama before casting her and it was almost definitely Dancing the waltz alone.

unconventional weird women, eccentricity as a style, grief, loneliness, friendship, societal/institutional critique, trauma, distinctive directorial styles, hidden thoughts and desires expressed, convoluted, incoherent mysteries, knotty, messy, bold and interesting

Both dramas concerned with work culture, disconnection and loneliness inherent in modern society, money and relationships. Slice of life/personal growth/relationship dramas that are built around conversations with friends/family/strangers over food and drink that feel uncomfortable, perhaps far too vulnerable. Thinking through the superficiality of modern life.

Fragmented narratives, ghost stories, memories, art as self actualisation, loneliness, forgiveness, female desire, suicide, trips abroad, affairs as beginnings, affairs as endings, toxic relationships, broken relationships, class differences, tragedy, betrayal, motherhood, bourgeois family as a trap...