I’m kind of intrigued by the growing number of gay-themed films emerging from South Korean and other Asian countries, partly because while we in the west have become increasingly used to movies about gay people, over there they’re still something of a novelty. As a result, they tend to tell stories that deal with themes and stories that come from the beginning of the LGBT story, almost as if they’re introducing audiences to gay people.
That seems to be true of South Korea’s Two Weddings And A Funeral, which is about a gay man who starts a fake relationship with a lesbian, so that they both have beard cover. Hyo-Jin (Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung) is an obstetrician who really wants to adopt a baby with her girlfriend. To help make that possible, she arranges a fake marriage with Min-Soo (Kim Dong-Yoon), who is gay but wants his parents to think he’s straight.
The movie is currently doing the festival circuit, but there’s no info on when it might get a release in the west.