I liked many of the shots in this film, specifically the one where the sick sister is standing in a flooded alley with children playing and she puts the paper boat in the water signifying her death as sailing away, that was very touching, the story was brilliant, yet the time jumping back and forth was a bit too much hence the 8 rating, I would have loved to see a conversation at the end between the two pen pals, could have been really interesting but I think I know why it's not there, I liked the waiting in the rain scenes as the years pass by, I loved the line of the star and the rain as most of the reviewers mentioned, the ending scene was not a surprise to me, I kinda knew it was her and not her sister, I loved the Umbrellas in this film especially the one with the stars.
I am always fond of the writing in Korean film and series,
If you are a hopeless romantic this film is for you.
Plot summary
Young-ho doesn't have any dreams for his life. He has been studying for three years to enter a university. He decides to send a letter to his childhood friend So-yeon. But her younger sister So-hee receives the letter instead of her sick sister. So-hee writes back to Young-ho, pretending to be So-yeon. Meanwhile, So-hee takes care of her sick sister and also runs a secondhand bookstore with her mother.
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December 04, 2022 at 03:07 AM
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If you are a hopeless romantic this film is for you.
Only Story
A bit confusing but you will understand,
Its about believe something. Not to happy at the end, but warming your heart.
Star and Rain, amazing story. Thank you for making this movie so awesome.
Slow, Old and Heartwarming
Ever thought how love stores of today are full of different dynamics and perspectives it has; and plots of different moves come up with different emotions rather hard (like a punch in your gut), they are mostly about successful people filled with ambition and have great goals with mostly confusing love story, it almost feels like you are in a rollercoasters. Well they definitely are great... But.
This movie is subtle, warm and most importantly slow. One of the many things I hate about today's society is that everything has to go fast and if you are slow, you are missed. One has to have ambition, goals, job, degree and many things which keeps you busy. And this movie has none of that; it went slow, the characters were at some level failures and without any goals (they only wanted to go college because they had to). And the love of early 2000 and 2010 is GOLDEN, when you were shy to talk but brave enough to l love. Truly the 1995 generation had the best!
There are not many movies like these anymore cause everybody wants money and not all of them are going to like. But I tell you this a Diamond in a a coal field; you may find it boring, out of date and not innovative (and maybe this is) but this just like its movie suggests 'a comforting rain'.