Year : 2000Genre : Drama
Language : Korean
Seong-hyun, an aspiring architect, moves into a beach-house designed by his estranged father, which he names Il Mare ("the sea" in Italian). One day he receives a letter from Eun-joo, a voice actress, addressed to the person who will move into "Il Mare" after her. Since he is the first and only person to live in the house, Seong-hyun takes it for a joke or a wrong delivery. However, as they keep corresponding with one another, they realize that Eun-joo is actually living in late 1999, two years into Seong-hyun's future. Initially bewildered and amused by the situation, they are gradually attracted to one another, and start thinking about meeting "in real time." However, they are about to discover a lot of things can happen to one's life in two years.
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A very moving movie. Hollywood made a movie this year based on this Korean number named "The Lakehouse" starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. I give this movie a 7 out of 10.
Seong-hyun had a very intimate relationship with Eun-joo via letters delivered through the mailbox in front of the house by the sea. They share their inner most thoughts and they began to know each other in a very intimate ways in terms of emotions. Eun-joo revealed about the breakup she had with her ex boyfriend and Seong-hyun revealed about the death of his father and the relationship he had with his father with Eun-joo.
Day by day their relationship grew as they get to know each other in their own special ways; through letters just like penpals and they became each other's secret affairs for nobody would understand and actually believe their relationship with 2 year's distance. One day, to save Eun-joo for being hurt by her ex-boyfriend, Seong-hyun decided to go and meet her at the cafe where she is having her last date with her ex-boyfriend; to breakup with her. Out of distraction, he was killed by a car instantly while his eyes was searching for her to warn her not to be hurt by her ex boyfriend.
Living in the future, Eun-joo, knew that he would be killed dashed immediately to the mailbox and wrote a letter in tears to ask him to wait for her and not to go look for her so that he will not die. Eventually, he did listen to her words and the lovers finally got together.
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