A Man and a Woman

A Man and a Woman (남과 여, 2016) is a Korean romantic drama you can watch online on iFILM. In snowbound Helsinki, two parents drop their children at a special-needs camp and end up sharing a car when a blizzard closes the road. That forced closeness lights something neither of them went looking for.

She has a husband; his wife is sinking into depression. Far from their real lives, they allow themselves a brief affair and part ways assuming it ends there. Then Seoul puts them in each other's path again, and walking away stops being an option. Jeon Do-yeon and Gong Yoo carry the longing almost wordlessly — glances, silences and small touches say more than any line of dialogue.

Director Lee Yoon-ki shoots it quiet and cold, matching the Finnish landscapes, less interested in showy passion than in guilt, loneliness and the impossibility of undoing what's done. It's slow, grown-up cinema for viewers who prize Asian dramas built on feeling rather than plot twists. Stream A Man and a Woman (2016) online on iFILM.