Amor Fati (Korean: 아모르 파티) is a South Korean television romantic drama series directed by Bae Tae-seop for SBS. The series, starring Choi Jung-yoon, Ahn Jae-mo and Bae Seul-ki, is a healing drama about two women. For one, 'family' is everything, and for the other 'success' is all.[1] It was premiered on SBS TV on April 12, 2021, and aired on weekdays at 08:35 (KST) for 120 episodes.[2]
| Amor Fati | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 아모르 파티 |
| Literal meaning | Love of Fate |
| Revised Romanization | Amoreu Pati |
| Genre | Romance Melodrama |
| Created by | SBS Drama Headquarters |
| Written by | Nam Sun-hye |
| Directed by | Bae Tae-seop |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yang Seung-eun |
| Producers | Lee Sang-soo Yang Mi-young |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Production companies | YCONE Entertainment Co., Ltd. |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | August 9, 2021 – April 1, 2022 |
Incidentally Amor Fati was the last morning soap opera aired on South Korean television. As after three years of being unable to rate above 10%, SBS announced on September 14, 2021 that it would abolish the 30-year old time slot and expand its daytime news and lifestyle programming in its place.[3] KBS1, TVN, KBS2 and MBC had abolished the daytime drama time slot in 2009, 2015, 2019, and 2020, respectively.[4]
Synopsis
editAmor fati is a Latin phrase meaning 'love of fate' or 'love of destiny'. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche quoted it as his formula for human greatness.[5]
Amor Fati is a healing drama, which depicts the resetting of lives of its characters who rise up from despair. A woman to whom her family is everything, gets the shock of her life when she learns about the affair of her husband to a woman to whom success is everything. The story of the series tells their battle and how her spirits rise from despair with the help of another man going through a similar situation.
Cast
editMain
edit- Choi Jung-yoon as Do Yeon-hee[6]
- 45 years old, housewife, Junho's wife, Seowoo's mother, Lara Group's only daughter-in-law
- Ahn Jae-mo as Han Jae-kyung
- 40 years old, a former pro-golfer, now golf teaching pro, Yoo-na's husband
- Bae Seul-ki as Kang Yoo-na[7]
- 35 years old, stylist assistant-director of Lara Fashion, Jae-kyung's wife, Ha-neul's mother, Joon-ho's lover
- Park Hyung-joon as Jang Joon-ho
- 48 years old, CEO of Lara Fashion, Do Yeon-hee's husband, Lara Group's only son
Supporting
edit- Lara group
- Kim Jong-goo as Jang Cheol-yong
- 70 years old, chairman of Lara Group, Joon-ho and Joon-hee's father
- Yoon Mi-ra as Go Sang-hye
- 68 years old, Yeon-hee's mother-in-law
- Kim Yeo-jin as Jang Joon-hee
- 35 years old, manager of Lara Fashion Planning Team
- Park Sun-Jun as Hwang Cheol-Oh
- In his late 30s, chairman Jang's driver
- Shopping mall
- Jung Ae-yun as Jo Min-jeong
- 45 years old, Yeon-hee's best friend from high school, owner of a building, president of a chicken house
- Kim Hong-pyo as Park Yoon-cheol[8]
- 45 years old, Jae-kyung's senior, runs a medical store in Min-jeong's building
- Jung Ji-hoon as Han Ha-neul
- 10 years old, Jae-kyung and Yoo-na's son
- Koo Bon-jun as Hwang Woo-joo
- 10 years old, Min-jeong's second husband's extra-marital son
- Do Yeon-hee's family
- Lee Kyung-jin as Seo Soon-boon
- 63 years old, Yeon-hee's mother, president of a Korean restaurant
- Jang Yoo-bin as Jang Seo-woo[9]
- 25 years old, YouTuber, Yeon-hee and Joon-ho's daughter
- Others
- Kwon Jae-hwan as Seo Min-gu
- 52 years old, Lara Fashion CEO
- Eun Hee-soo as Jin Hye-jin
- 49 years old, Belle president
- Hong Jun-ki as Seo Hyeong-jin[10]
- 28 years old, resident 2nd year, major Internal Medicine
- Lee Hwa-young as Sin Hyeong-ja
- 60 years old, Yoo-na's mother, chairman's house assistant
Production
editPark Hyung-joon is appearing in the SBS morning drama after 7 years. He last appeared in 2014 morning drama You're Only Mine. Bae Seul-ki last appeared in a daily drama four years back in Still Loving You (2016) on KBS1.[7] Yoon Mi-ra made an appearance in the SBS 2018 morning drama I Am the Mother Too. Choi Jung-yoon is coming back to television drama after six years. She last appeared in the 2014-2015 drama, Cheongdam-dong Scandal.[6] On 26 March, stills from script reading site were released by the production crew.[11]
Original soundtrack
edit| Amor Fati | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | 2021 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | SBS Contents Hub/Dreamus |
Part 1
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "DASH" | Lee Pyeong-wook | Lee Pyeong-wook | Lee Yoon-jong | 3:38 |
| 2. | "DASH" (Inst.) | 3:38 |
Part 2
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Memories Are Scattered" | Choi Jeong-joo | Victory and Defeat | Park Ye-seul | |
| 2. | "Memories Are Scattered" (Inst.) |
Part 3
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Far Away" | Win-win-win-and-win | Win-win-and-win | The Daisy | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Far Away" (Inst.) | 3:49 |
Part 4
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Courtship" (구애) | Park Junsu, Sang Wook | Junsu Park, Sangwook | Kim Ro-min | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Courtship" (Inst.) | 4:11 |
Part 5
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "More Than Me" (나보다 그대를 더) | Jeong-Joo Choi | Park Ye-ji | Coda Bridge | 3:43 |
| 2. | "More Than Me" (Inst.) | 3:43 |
Part 6
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Can Only See You" (그대만 보여요) | id (id), Park Jun-su | id (id), Park Jun-su | Kim Ji-woong | 3:12 |
| 2. | "I Can Only See You" (Inst.) | 3:12 |
Viewership
editAmor Fati : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[18]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Episodes | Episode number | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Ep.01-20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 799 | N/A | 753 | N/A | |
| Ep.21-40 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 777 | 756 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 838 | N/A | N/A | 763 | N/A | 815 | N/A | 782 | N/A | 773 | N/A | 752 | |
| Ep.41-60 | N/A | N/A | 756 | 765 | 832 | 818 | N/A | 811 | 803 | 813 | N/A | 848 | 766 | 834 | 792 | 895 | 922 | 824 | 971 | 798 | |
| Ep.61-80 | 924 | 935 | 855 | 941 | 935 | 874 | 951 | 974 | 858 | 907 | 809 | 880 | 909 | 941 | 895 | 909 | 912 | 942 | 952 | 887 | |
| Ep.81-100 | 861 | 954 | 886 | 1048 | 824 | 1014 | 1006 | 957 | 1010 | 992 | 1046 | 1049 | 1083 | 968 | 956 | 969 | 1001 | 1093 | 1044 | 1016 | |
| Ep.101-120 | 986 | 1142 | 1165 | 1134 | 1013 | 996 | 1069 | 1005 | 1049 | 1077 | TBD | 693 | 855 | 1048 | 1012 | 1028 | 958 | 1000 | 995 | 970 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[19][20] | TNmS[21] | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
| 1 | April 12, 2021 | 3.7% | — | — |
| 2 | April 13, 2021 | 4.5% | ||
| 3 | April 14, 2021 | 3.9% | ||
| 4 | April 15, 2021 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% |
| 5 | April 16, 2021 | 3.7% | — | — |
| 6 | April 19, 2021 | 4.9% | ||
| 7 | April 20, 2021 | 4.2% | ||
| 8 | April 21, 2021 | 4.3% | 4.2% | |
| 9 | April 22, 2021 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| 10 | April 23, 2021 | 3.8% | — | — |
| 11 | April 26, 2021 | 4.7% | ||
| 12 | April 27, 2021 | 4.6% | ||
| 13 | April 28, 2021 | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| 14 | April 29, 2021 | 4.6% | 4.4% | |
| 15 | April 30, 2021 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| 16 | May 3, 2021 | 4.8% | — | 5.3% |
| 17 | May 4, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| 18 | May 5, 2021 | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.8% |
| 19 | May 6, 2021 | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| 20 | May 7, 2021 | 4.2% | — | 4.4% |
| 21 | May 10, 2021 | 4.8% | 5.9% | |
| 22 | May 11, 2021 | 4.8% | 4.9% | |
| 23 | May 12, 2021 | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% |
| 24 | May 13, 2021 | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| 25 | May 14, 2021 | 5.1% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| 26 | May 17, 2021 | 5.1% | — | — |
| 27 | May 18, 2021 | 4.7% | 4.8% | |
| 28 | May 19, 2021 | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| 29 | May 20, 2021 | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| 30 | May 21, 2021 | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| 31 | May 24, 2021 | 5.4% | 5.3% | — |
| 32 | May 25, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| 33 | May 26, 2021 | 4.5% | — | 5.0% |
| 34 | May 27, 2021 | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| 35 | May 28, 2021 | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.4% |
| 36 | May 31, 2021 | 5.3% | — | 5.8% |
| 37 | June 1, 2021 | 4.9% | 5.9% | |
| 38 | June 2, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.7% |
| 39 | June 3, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| 40 | June 4, 2021 | 4.8% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| 41 | June 7, 2021 | 4.8% | — | 5.5% |
| 42 | June 8, 2021 | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.0% |
| 43 | June 9, 2021 | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| 44 | June 10, 2021 | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| 45 | June 11, 2021 | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.5% |
| 46 | June 14, 2021 | 5.1% | — | 5.0% |
| 47 | June 15, 2021 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.7% |
| 48 | June 16, 2021 | 5.2% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| 49 | June 17, 2021 | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.7% |
| 50 | June 18, 2021 | 5.3% | — | 5.2% |
| 51 | June 21, 2021 | 4.6% | — | 5.4% |
| 52 | June 22, 2021 | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| 53 | June 23, 2021 | 5.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| 54 | June 24, 2021 | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
| 55 | June 25, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.3% |
| 56 | June 28, 2021 | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| 57 | June 29, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| 58 | June 30, 2021 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6.0% |
| 59 | July 1, 2021 | 6.2% | 6.0% | 5.6% |
| 60 | July 2, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.3% |
| 61 | July 5, 2021 | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| 62 | July 6, 2021 | 6.3% | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| 63 | July 7, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.6% |
| 64 | July 8, 2021 | 6.0% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| 65 | July 9, 2021 | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.0% |
| 66 | July 12, 2021 | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.6% |
| 67 | July 13, 2021 | 6.0% | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| 68 | July 14, 2021 | 6.0% | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| 69 | July 15, 2021 | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| 70 | July 16, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.3% |
| 71 | July 19, 2021 | 5.3% | 5.0% | 5.8% |
| 72 | July 20, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| 73 | July 21, 2021 | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| 74 | July 22, 2021 | 6.1% | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| 75 | July 23, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| 76 | July 26, 2021 | 5.7% | 5.2% | 6.0% |
| 77 | July 27, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.7% | — |
| 78 | July 28, 2021 | 5.9% | 5.7% | — |
| 79 | July 29, 2021 | 5.7% | 5.4% | 5.9% |
| 80 | July 30, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| 81 | August 9, 2021 | 5.5% | 4.9% | — |
| 82 | August 10, 2021 | 5.6% | 5.3% | |
| 83 | August 11, 2021 | 6.0% | 5.8% | |
| 84 | August 12, 2021 | 6.5% | 6.4% | |
| 85 | August 13, 2021 | 5.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| 86 | August 16, 2021 | 6.3% | 6.0% | 6.2% |
| 87 | August 17, 2021 | 6.3% | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 88 | August 18, 2021 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.5% |
| 89 | August 19, 2021 | 6.3% | 6.0% | 6.8% |
| 90 | August 20, 2021 | 6.4% | 6.0% | 6.6% |
| 91 | August 23, 2021 | 6.5% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 92 | August 24, 2021 | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.9% |
| 93 | August 25, 2021 | 6.8% | 6.7% | 7.1% |
| 94 | August 26, 2021 | 6.3% | 5.9% | 7.0% |
| 95 | August 27, 2021 | 5.9% | 5.3% | 7.2% |
| 96 | August 30, 2021 | 6.1% | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| 97 | August 31, 2021 | 6.2% | 6.0% | 7.0% |
| 98 | September 1, 2021 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.4% |
| 99 | September 2, 2021 | 6.4% | 6.1% | 6.9% |
| 100 | September 3, 2021 | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 101 | September 6, 2021 | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| 102 | September 7, 2021 | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.3% |
| 103 | September 8, 2021 | 7.0% | 6.7% | 6.9% |
| 104 | September 9, 2021 | 6.9% | 7.0% | 6.9% |
| 105 | September 10, 2021 | 6.2% | 5.8% | — |
| 106 | September 13, 2021 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 6.7% |
| 107 | September 14, 2021 | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.7% |
| 108 | September 15, 2021 | 6.1% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| 109 | September 16, 2021 | 6.3% | 5.8% | 6.1% |
| 110 | September 17, 2021 | 6.4% | 5.6% | 7.3% |
| 111 | September 20, 2021 | 4.2% | 4.8% | — |
| 112 | September 21, 2021 | 3.1% | — | |
| 113 | September 22, 2021 | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| 114 | September 23, 2021 | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 115 | September 24, 2021 | 6.6% | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| 116 | September 27, 2021 | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.5% |
| 117 | September 28, 2021 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| 118 | September 29, 2021 | 6.1% | 5.9% | 7.4% |
| 119 | September 30, 2021 | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.4% |
| 120 | October 1, 2021 | 5.7% | 5.6% | 6.2% |
| Average | _ | — | — | |
| ||||
References
edit- ^ "Amor Fati - Drama 2021". HanCinema.
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External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Amor Fati at HanCinema