安娜·威尔斯 Anne Welles:外表庄严秀丽内心却情感丰富的女主角,一生渴望获得真爱,而不是委屈于被爱;年轻时甩掉钻石王老五,临近中年时甩掉化妆品公司董事,好友詹妮弗自杀,与闺蜜妮丽反目成仇,可最还被花心的初恋情人莱昂·伯克伤透了心。(电影版由芭芭拉·帕金斯饰演)原型是小说作者杰·苏珊本人。
妮丽·奥哈拉 Neely O'Hara:17岁来到纽约打拼认识了安妮,一次偶然的机会她登上舞台一举成名,但随之而来的不仅是名利,还伴随着兴奋剂,安眠药,与同性恋老公离婚之后发疯进了疯人院,出院后东山再起却缠上了好友安妮的老公莱昂,再一次走向自我毁灭。(电影版由帕蒂·杜克主演)原型是朱迪·加兰。
詹妮弗·诺斯 Jennifer North:小说里最喜欢的人物,外貌性感靓丽却不失清纯,内心善良与人为善,可惜遇人不淑,她也是第一个服用“红娃娃”的女演员,王子、歌星、制片人直至议会议员,却没有一个人真心实意的爱她,最终因为癌症自杀永别于世。(电影版由莎朗·塔特主演)原型是玛丽莲·梦露。
海伦·劳逊 Helen Lawson:满口粗话却主宰百老汇的女明星,自私自利到头来只换来空虚寂寞。(电影版由苏珊·海沃德主演)
Liz and her daughter Amy move to Hamelin where a dark secret in Liz's past is uncovered by the restless spirit of the Pied Piper, who seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children.
More than once, the protagonists in Mimang wonder where they are and where they’re going—it is a concrete, geographical question born from walking around the streets of Seoul, but as the film progresses, that urban journey also proves to be an existential one. We accompany the characters in some stretches of their path—many years separate each of the episodes that make up the film, and that distance reveals changes through what remains. This is not a film about earthquakes, but about small transformations, and the marks of time can be seen not only in the actors’ bodies, but also in that other omnipresent protagonist that is Seoul, whose vitality invades every shot. Like others before him (it’s inevitable to think about Truffaut or Linklater), here, Kim Taeyang reminds us that cinema is the best time machine that has been invented so far.
Two great friends are reunited after five years. Among so many things that have changed, the resumption of connection awakens an old feeling for which they remain unprepared.