When a film director screams he cannot write a single word for his next project, a coffee shop waitress promises a good story if she's paid the night. One day she knocked the wrong door when Romance JOE was committing suicide. There the waitress got to know about his first love in high school. Finally Romance JOE decides to live again and visits his hometown to retrace his memories.

• LEE Kwang-kuk Born in 1975, LEE Kwang-kuk graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor's degree in film. His short films include < I.D. >, < Where Is Daddy? >, and < A Blind Alley >. LEE built up his experience on set as 1st Assistant Director for Korean auteur HONG Sang-soo, on such films as < Tale of Cinema >, < Woman on the Beach >, < Like You Know It All >, and < Hahaha >. < Romance Joe > is the official 2010 selection for Cine21's 'New Director Discovery Project'. The film was recently screened in the Korean Cinema Today: Vision section of the 16th BUSAN International Film Festival 2011 and won the Yellow Pine Tree for the Citizen Reviewer's Award. In addition, the film was screened in The 37th Seoul Independent Film Festival 2011.