South Korea Synopsis
시월애
“Love that resides in one place at two different times.”
In the year 1999, a young woman leaves her quaint seaside house and returns to the city, leaving in the mailbox a card for the next owner, with instructions to forward any mail of hers to the new address. In the year 1997, a jaded young architect moves into the same house–and finds the letter. His reply, which he slips into the mailbox, finds its way to her, beginning a parallel-time love story separated by a span of two years.
The 1999–2001 South Korea Window
47 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Il Mare sits at position #4.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Il Mare premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #353 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Fantasy productions specifically: #57 of 123 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Blue Cinema, Dream Venture Capital, UniKorea Pictures, Sidus |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 9, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0282599 |