Seven O'Clock Breakfast Club for the Brokenhearted () is a 2025 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Lim Sun-ae. It is an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by Baek Young-ok. It had its premiere in competition at the 2025 Busan International Film Festival.
Premise The film stars Bae Suzy and Lee Jin-wook as two young Koreans who encounter each other at a breakfast meeting for people who have recently suffered breakups.
Cast Bae Suzy as Yoon Sa-gang, a flight attendant Lee Jin-wook as Ji-hoon, a consultant instructor Yoo Ji-tae as Jeong-su, an airplane pilot Keum Sae-rok as Hyeon-jung, a teacher as Jeong Mi-do
Production
Casting On May 23, 2024, it was reported that Bae Suzy was cast in the lead role of Yoo Sa-gang after being fascinated by the novel early on. Lee Jin-wook was also positively considering the offer to star as Lee Ji-hoon, which would reunite him with Bae after the 2023 Netflix series Doona!. As early as October 2024, was set to play Mi-do, the host of the Breakfast Club.
The film line-up, consisting of Bae, Lee, Yoo Ji-tae, and Keum Sae-rok in the lead roles, and Mi, Jeon Hae-jin, Bae Jong-ok, Lee Sung-wook, Park Se-jin, Lee Ga-sub, and Jeon Seok-chan in supporting roles was announced on January 13, 2025.
Filming Filming started on December 29, 2024, and ended in March 2025.
Release Seven O'Clock Breakfast Club for the Brokenhearted competed in the Competition section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 20, 2025 for 'Bosan Awards'.
It is scheduled to be released in South Korea by By4M Studio on December 31, 2026, with Special Movie City providing distribution support. KT Studio Genie handles overseas sales of the film.
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Busan International Film Festival 2025 Busan Awards Seven O'Clock Breakfast Club for the Brokenhearted
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