A cheap idea for a film full of bad ideas. Director Jin-ho Hur explores love and death, and the birth and death of love, in his films but just because the concepts are highfalutin doesn't mean you can just throw on a violin track and make a meaningful movie. Stoicism in the face ...( read more)
The story of Jung-won, whose life is unremarkable except that he is dying.
DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
Stats: 133 reviews
Flixster Reviews (133)
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January 12, 2009
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July 19, 2009
This film was amazingly heart shaking, and showed very sad but warm view toward life in Korea. I thought we as foreigners would not understand this delicate feeling and under rate this quiet film as a boring one, But I was wrong.
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January 27, 2009
una historia sobre la muerte el amor y la fotografía, acaso podría no gustarme?
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December 26, 2007
Well this looks like a made up film that would just be a good movie to watch near christmas because it just looks like a great christmas movie with the dreams of christmas.
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June 12, 2007
The first Korean film that was made popular in HK, thus beginning the popularity of korean films over the japanese ones in HK in recent years. A touching love story which many ppl (but not me) find very touching.
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January 30, 2007
One of my favorite movies. I gave it 5/5(1 more than most people) because I had some demons this movie helped me deal with.
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