"Lolita", a fiction by Vladimir Nabokov that has generated widely mixed reviews from critics and mainstream readers, is often - rightly or not - synonymous with pedophiles. Debates about the film version are also never in short supply.
Similar heated shouting matches are playing out over "Jenny, Juno", a Korean movie which depicts puppy love between minors - and an unexpected pregnancy. The exact age: a 15-year-old girl and boy attending a typical junior high school.
For its sensitive topic and apparently sugarcoated portrayal of the teen's post-sex tribulations, the film has sparked a wave of exchanges online and offline among parents, teachers, students and even politicians.
Director Kim Ho-joon is not tackling a totally new subject, though. In his previous film "My Little Bride", he presented a lighthearted version in which a 24-year-old college student gets married with a 16-year-old high school girl.
Actress Moon Geun-yeong, who played the daring, cute character, was...|
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