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Fantasy of the Girls
A disarmingly endearing tale of first love. The fact that it happens to be between high school girls is presented with a refreshing naturalness that reflects the charming naiveté of the film’s main character. Upon helping her friend audition for their all-girls school production of "Romeo & Juliet", high school freshman Sun-wha is unexpectedly cast as Juliet. To her surprise Romeo is played by the uber-cool and stunning senior Ha-nam whom all the girls seem to have a crush on. As the two would-be thespians become closer, Ha-nam takes Sun-wha under her wing in more ways than one. However this sparks the jealousy of the play’s director Su-yeon who, it turns out, is more than friends with Ha-nam. The story is not one of controversy, or the stigma attached to coming out, but simply about what it's like to discover the burgeoning new joys and pains that come with adolescence.