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Christmas in August

Korean Panorama

Love/Romance · Coming of Age · Psychology

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year1998
  • Running Time97min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Drinking with friends, writing instructions on operating the photo machine for his father and making his last portraits - all are last acts for the terminally ill photographer Jung-Won. In the midst of closing the last chapter of his life, he befriends the meter maid. Unaware that Jung-Won is sick, Da-Rim is transferred to a new area of her life. Summer passes and winter comes. When Da-Rim finally visits the photo shop again, she is delighted to find a black and white photo of herself displayed in the window, which she discovers is a present for her left by Jung-Won. The film′s objective treatment of death refuses to make a dramatic conclusion and enables us to bear the weight of mortality. Jung-Won leaves this world delightedly with the fresh memory of Da-Rim who is innocent of the knowledge of his death. In this sense, the photo displayed in the window stands as an existential image. The director′s presentation of death in warm tones may be ironic as the idea of a warm death does not exist. The film strays from the seriousness of death by depicting the various details that surround the daily life of Jung-Won, but at the same time successfully shows how the meaning of life reveals itself through memory and time. like a labyrinth, the film explores the implications of memory and oblivion. (Lee Sang-Yong)
Director
Director
Hur Jin-Ho
Hur studied at the Korean Film Academy where he completed the acclaimed short For Kochul. He worked as first assistant director for two of Park Kwang-Su′s features, To the Starry Island and A Single Spark and co-wrote To the Starry Island. Christmas in August is his directorial debut.
Credit
  • Director
    Hur Jin-Ho
  • ProducerTcha Sung-Jai
  • CastHan Suk-Kyu
    Shim Eun-Ha
    Shin Gu
  • ScreenplayOh seung-Wook
    Shin Dong-Hwan
    Hur Jin-Ho
  • CinematographyYoo Young-Kil
  • Production DesignKim Jin-Han
  • EditorHam Sung-Won
  • SoundKim Bum-Soo
  • MusicCho Sung-Woo
  • World SalesFortissimo
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BNK Busan Bank
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
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