Il Mare
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| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | Siworae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Siwŏlae |
| Directed by | Lee Hyun-seung |
| Produced by | Cho Min-hwan Cha Seung-jae |
| Written by | Yeo Ji-na Kim Eun-jung Kim Mi-yeong Won Tae-yeon |
| Starring |
Jun Ji-hyun Lee Jung-jae |
| Music by | Kim Hyun-chul |
| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo |
| Edited by | Lee Eun-soo |
| Distributed by | Blue Cinema Dream Venture Capital Sidus Pictures UniKorea Pictures |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$2.5 million |
Il Mare (Hangul: 시월애; Hanja: 時越愛; RR: Siworae; lit. "time-transcending love") is a 2000 South Korean film, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae, 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 Lake House starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.
A similar film was made in 2016 as Your Name, a Japanese anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai, was critically well-received and became the highest-grossing anime film worldwide.
The plot of the movie was also used in the 2015 Kannada movie Minchagi Nee Baralu.
There are two distinct time-lines intertwined throughout most of the film.
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 1999 and Sung-hyun in the year 1997. After some testing, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun discover that the mailbox at "Il Mare" is enabling their communication and they can pass objects and living creatures through.
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