Korean directors can capture one of the most common myths in people's minds and turn it into a lingering story.
But that doesn't mean that I like the happy ending of "Untouchable Lover". Tears flow and people leave when they leave. He dies today, she moves in tomorrow, nothing can be undone, or should change. Just as the ending of "Carla Is a Dog" couldn't convince me that Carla was really back, the ending of "Unreachable Lover" couldn't convince me that he and she could meet.
By contrast, I love the ending of "The Empty Room" more, where he practises his invisibility and lives under one roof with her and her husband. Do you think this is a far-fetched imagination, an obvious helplessness? OK, the last scene, they stand together on the scale, and the number displayed is zero. Did you get hit? Zero, yes, that's it.
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