South Korea Synopsis
서양골동양과자점 앤티크
“Love. Life. Cakes.”
Jin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Antique. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Zip Cinema
Comedy + Drama in South Korea
214 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Antique itself).
The 2007–2009 South Korea Window
Antique holds position #50 of 105 South Korea films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Antique premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other South Korea films in 2008.
The 335th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
50 audience reviews — more than 71% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (71th percentile) outruns trending popularity (41th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Antique, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cake · 3
- boxing · 8
- bakery · 6
- lgbt · 73
- boys' love (bl) · 69
- gay theme · 67
- based on comic · 58
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #994 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #308 of 427 (top 72%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Korean, French |
| Production Companies | Zip Cinema, Opus Pictures, Soo Film, Sponge, Finecut |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | November 13, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1205551 |