Synopsis

As its title implies, this film is a romantic comedy about four young couples who are going ‘crazy’ while 'waiting'. This is the story of four different couples: Jin-a and Eun-seok, a campus couple at the prime of their relationship; Hyo-jeong and her six-year-younger college student boyfriend, Won-jae; Indie band leader, Mincheol and his junior classmate, Bo-ram who has a secret crush on him; and Bi-ang and Wook who always seem to be at each other’s necks but never fail to be the funny sidekicks and how their relationships are in crisis when their male partners are drafted into military service. As the four men are cut off from the outside world and forced to adapt to strict rules and regulations while their girlfriends are left behind to deal with loneliness and various temptations, it is more than difficult for these young men and women to keep their love steady for the two years they are apart. Dealing with the particular Korean situation where men are required to serve in the military for a certain period of time, this film presents a realistic portrait of the conflicts and dilemmas that romantic couples in their twenties have to experience. Refusing to depict any side as a victim, the film reflects the nature of relationships which can change as well as presenting sex in addition to emotional currents as an intrinsic element of romance among modern-day youths. Although this is not a music film fixed on exposing music as its main subject or form, the modern rock sound which accompanied most youth romance films after the 90s serves as a perfect barometer for the changes the characters go through in their romance. (Hwang Hei-rim)

Director

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  • Ryu Seung-jin
  • Graduated from the Film Department at the Korea National University of Arts. In 2002, while attending the university, his short film *The Blue Prairie* was invited to compete at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. After working as a director's assistant and storyboard artist on several projects, he made his debut with both the screenplay and direction of *Waiting for the Madness*.