First Hit: I enjoyed this drama and it was tastefully acted and directed.
The wife, Sophie, (played by Vera Farmiga) of a Korean businessman, Andrew (played by David L. McInnis), is watching her husband become more despondent as they try over and over again to produce a baby.
There is enormous pressure by his family to have the next generation. Their marriage is complicated further because Sophie is white, knows little of the family culture, and is not religious.
The family goes to church each Sunday and Sophie is prodded into praying which she doesn’t know how to do. Andrew’s despondency is compounded because Sophie is doing all she can to make him happy.
She doesn’t tell him that his sperm is infertile because she feels it will put him over the edge. To resolve this she finds a Korean man which she pays to have sex with until she is pregnant. As you might imagine this complicates the situation.
Vera is wonderful at being the self controlled pleasing wife who loves her husband and then finds herself released into a more full and fulfilling experience in the arms of her chosen sperm donor. Andrew is OK as the suicidal distant husband whose life dramatically changes when he finds out Sophie is pregnant. And I found Jung-Woo Ha wonderful as Jihah the man who impregnates Sophie.
Overall: This could have been an overly dramatic piece of fluff, however the acting and directing brought out very good performances and the story is different and fresh.