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Lee Jung-jae and Jun Ji-hyun, a magical time-portal mailbox, and a house by the lake were all mixed into the melodrama pot in 2000 and out came Il Mare.Sung-hyun (Lee), an architectural student, moves into a house by the lake and starts getting mail from a woman named Eun-joo (Jun) who claims to have lived there. The only problem is that Sung-hyun is the first one to have ever lived in that house… Soon the time-crossed lovers begin plotting to meet up.
The performances of the leads along with the brilliant production design by Kim Ki-cheol and beautiful cinematography by Alex Hong have since cemented this in the canon of Korean melodramatic romances.
Too Much: Melodrama on film is a UK-wide season, supported by BFI National Lottery funding, celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast, United Kingdom
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