
Swapping: My Friend's Wife 2
2018

Representation Score
Limited
2018
Director
Lee Ri-dan
Runtime
82 minutes
Average Rating
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The film centers on a transactional arrangement where a businessman pays a man to live with his wife. This setup emphasizes economic disparity and the commodification of domestic relationships. The narrative focuses on male-driven plots and traditional romantic structures through a materialist lens. The story lacks representation for underrepresented identities, including LGBTQ+ individuals and those with disabilities.
Category Breakdown
The story revolves around a man, his former crush, and her husband, focusing on heterosexual relationships. There are no characters with non-straight or non-cisgender identities.
Yoo-ri is positioned as a subject of negotiation between two men. The main plot is driven by male characters, limiting her role within the domestic sphere.
The film seems to reflect a homogeneous demographic and lacks multi-ethnic casting or diverse representation.
The story examines the breakdown of marital sanctity through a lens of greed and economic opportunism, emphasizing materialist values over social norms.
The narrative does not include any characters with visible or invisible disabilities, neurodivergent traits, or chronic health conditions.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Jung-tae has become a successful businessman. One day, he calls for a substitute driver, but the driver was Min-goo, the man who married his sexy crush, Yoo-ri. Jung-tae still hadn't forgotten Yoo-ri and learns that life if tough for this couple. Jung-tae suggests something to Min-goo and that is to let him live with Yoo-ri for a year in return for 300 million won and his house.

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