Movie Review: Il Mare(a.k.a Siwolae )

AKA

시월애
Siwolae
Siwora
The Sea

Summary

The story begins with Eun-joo moving out of a house by the sea called "Il Mare". As she is leaving, she leaves a Christmas card in the mailbox, asking the next resident to please forward her mail to her.

Sung-hyun, an architectural student, receives her card, but is puzzled, since he is the first resident at "Il Mare" and the card is dated 2 years in the future.

After a series of back and forth correspondences, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun realize they are living 2 years apart, Eun-joo in the year 2000 and Sung-hyun in the year 1998.

After some testing, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun discover that the mailbox at "Il Mare" is enabling their communication and they can pass objects through it.

Cast

Jung-Jae Lee - Han Sung-hyun
Gianna Jun (formerly, Jun Ji-hyun) - Kim Eun-ju

Review

This is the Korean version of the movie Lake House. If you've watched the Lake House then you must see this one for theirs some difference in the plot.

Note: full movie can be seen at crunchyroll.com