Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas)

Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas) (1998)

  • 88% of users liked it
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Hur Jin-Ho's directorial debut came with this low-key Korean drama about a photographer, Jung-Won (Han Suk-Kyu), who runs a small studio in the almost rural environs of suburban Seoul. Days pass as he goes about his studio routines, enlarging class photos and taking family portraits. One day,… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Hur Jin-ho, Jin-ho Hur
Written By
Jin-ho Hur
Genres
Drama
On DVD
Aug 23, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

    Unfortunately, the film's cloying score trickles through scenes like sap . . . works best when circling quietly around its characters and attuned to the dying strains of faded romance.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Daisy M


    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. This was without a doubt, one of the most accomplished… More

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