All for Love (Korean: 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일; lit. 'The Most Beautiful Week of My Life'; 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.
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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.
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
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