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2000 · 96 min · NR

Il Mare

Directed by Lee Hyun-seung · Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Il Mare (2000) is a Drama film, directed by Lee Hyun-seung set in South Korea during the 1990s.

A time travel, with a romantic and melancholic tone. Themes of love & longing and fate & destiny play out through non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer
Kim Hyun-chul
Cinematography
Hong Kyung-pyo
Cast
Gianna JunLee Jung-jaeKim Mu-saengCho Seung-yeonMin Yun-jaeKim Ji-muChoe Yun-yeongHong So-yeong

The world of this film

Setting

When

Premise & themes

Tone
RomanticMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist
Two Hander
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Pure Fiction
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