Overview
- Netflix sets Jan. 16 global launch for the 12-episode romantic comedy.
- The plot pairs a multilingual interpreter with a newly global actress to explore how people speak, listen and misread love.
- Director Yoo Young-eun highlights contrasting “straight lines” and “curves” in the leads’ communication styles and treats each location as a character.
- Production filmed across South Korea, Japan, Canada and Italy, with a dating-show setup that brings the leads together and features Japanese star Sota Fukushi.
- Reports differ on how many languages the interpreter speaks, though coverage agrees on his polyglot role and the cast’s intensive language work.