Original Name:
English Translation: Il Mare
Year: 2000
Genre:Romance/Time Travel
Cast: -
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Hardsub English
Synopsis:
Il Mare is a South Korean film made in 2000, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-Jae. (remade by Warner Brothers starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves and released in 2006 as The Lake House) 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 story begins with Eun-joo moving out of a house by the sea called "Il Mare". As she is leaving, she leaves a Christmas card in the mailbox, asking the next resident to please forward her mail to her. Sung-hyun, an architectural student, receives her card, but is puzzled, since he is the first resident at "Il Mare" and the card is dated 2 years in the future. After a series of back and forth correspondences, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun realize they are living 2 years apart, Eun-joo in the year 2000 and Sung-hyun in the year 1998. After some testing, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun discover that the mailbox at "Il Mare" is enabling their communication and they can pass objects through it.
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