About This Film
Based on the homonymous novel that was serialized in a Seoul newspaper, “Madame Freedom” became extremely popular upon its release in 1956, while it continues to be the object of study by film historians until this day.
Synopsis
Oh Seon-yeong lives with her husband, Professor Jang Tae-yoon and their young son, while Sin Choon-ho, a university student, lives next door, frequently playing loud music, annoying the professor. Tae-yoon's line of work is respectable, but does not earn him much money, and therefore, eventually and reluctantly, he agrees for his wife to take a job at a shop called “Paris”, which sells Western cosmetics and accessories. Seon-yeong is introduced to the work by a female friend, who also invites her to into a club for financially self-sustaining wives, where dance parties are frequently organized, with the sole rule of the members being not to invite their husbands. The allure of the West becomes quite difficult for Seon-yeong to resist, and the same happens to the flirt she receives from both her husband's boss and from Choon-ho, with whom she spends much time, both in his house learning how to dance and in dance halls, where she experiences mambo for the first time. At the same time, her husband is also flirting with a pretty woman in a class he teaches for secretaries, with the combining shenanigans of the couple taking a rather significant toll to their son. Lastly, Seon-yeong's friend gets in business with a shady character.
