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Christmas in August

1998 · 97 min

A quiet, tender romance that unfolds with gentle restraint, leaving a lingering ache of love and loss.

Tagline
Is love eternal?
Overview
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • grief
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Hur Jin-ho, Shin Dong-hwan, Oh Seung-uk
Starring
Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Shin Gu, Oh Ji-hye, Lee Han-wi, Jeon Mi-seon, Gwon Hye-won, Son Se-kwang
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
97 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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