My Love, Don't Cross That River (2013)
- Original title
- 님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오
- Directed by
- Jin Mo-young
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 29 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 documentary that follows an elderly married couple living in a mountain village as they go about their daily lives. Over 15 months of filming, it captures their routines, small moments of affection, and devotion over 76 years of marriage until the wife passes away.
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What happens
My Love, Don't Cross That River (Korean: 님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오) is a 2013 South Korean documentary film that follows elderly married couple Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol until the last moments of their 76-year marriage. Documentary filmmaker Jin Mo-young filmed Jo and Kang in the couple's mountain village in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province for 15 months. My Love, Don't Cross That River premiered at the 2013 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. It was released in theaters on 27 November 2014 and through word of mouth became the most commercially successful Korean documentary/independent film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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