Il Mare (2000)
- Original title
- 시월애
- Directed by
- Lee Hyeon-seung
- Genre
- fantasy film, romance film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 193 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man and a woman live in the same seaside house two years apart. They discover that a mailbox allows them to send letters across time and they begin a romance.
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What happens
Il Mare (Korean: 시월애; lit. 'time-transcending love') is a 2000 South Korean romantic fantasy film, starring Lee Jung-jae and Jun Ji-hyun, and directed by Lee Hyun-seung. The title, Il Mare, means "The Sea" in Italian, and is the name of the seaside house which is the setting of the story. The two protagonists both live there two years apart in time, but are able to communicate through a mysterious mailbox. The film was remade by Warner Brothers in 2006 as the American film The Lake House starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. The plot was also adapted in the 2015 Indian Kannada movie Minchagi Nee Baralu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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