I Love Your Alter Ego!

Chanbee Lee

South Korea / 2025 / Fiction / 19’55”I2604678

I Love Your Alter Ego!
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SYNOPSIS

Ji-eun developed dissociative identity disorder after experiencing sexual violence and abuse from her mother's boyfriend when she was 5 years old. Her mother's boyfriend became her stepfather, and whenever Ji-eun was left alone at home with him, it was 'Eun-ho' (late 20s), Ji-eun's other personality, who protected her. Eun-ho, born from 5-year-old Ji-eun's desperate wish for her mother to come save her during moments of extreme distress, stopped appearing at some point after the stepfather went on a long-term business trip abroad. Thus, Ji-eun became somewhat free from mental issues like personality dissociation for a while. In her mid-20s, Ji-eun is now enrolled in the Department of Theater and Film at a university, where she continues her studies and is also dating. Just when it seemed she could live an ordinary life like everyone else, a moment of hardship arrives... She finds herself trapped in a situation where she’s expected to have sex with her boyfriend, Won-cheol. For Ji-eun, who has sexual trauma, this is the situation she wants to avoid more than anything. Eventually, Won-cheol comes into Ji-eun’s room and tries to get physically close to her, but Ji-eun’s body goes rigid, and she instinctively shuts her eyes tight. At that moment, Ji-eun's forgotten other personality Eun-ho resurfaces and, as before, takes care of Ji-eun's “business”. However, Ji-eun no longer welcomes Eun-ho's presence. Hoping she can finally live a normal life like everyone else, Ji-eun longs to break free from Eun-ho, but she doesn’t have the courage. Meanwhile, Eun-ho gradually begins to take over her body…

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