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

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)

Trailer

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