Such a frustrating disappointment

Fantastic!

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I couldn't resist providing a positive review. Very rarely do I come across pure gold. A rather mature and debatable topic has been handled with grace, sensitivity and beauty. I cannot recall having seen anything as beautiful and amazing with similar topic. This production reminds me of 'My Rainy Days' (2009) 'Tenshi no koi' (original title). I take a bow to the whole production team, starting from the novelist who wrote the novel, to the editor who put it all together. Just because I'm being super critical that I am rating it as a 9/10 - it is near perfect anyway. Kim Go-eun is a very talented actress. Having seen her two other major productions I can truly appreciate her talent. I was waiting with baited breath for a proper ending for this beautiful experience. It was delivered to near-perfect expectation. The movie left me with a warm smile.

" Roethke referred to getting old as wearing the leaden weight of what I did not do. Just as your youth is not a prize for your efforts, my agedness is not a penalty for my faults."This film explores poetry in a way people understand poetry, some feel it , the way they see things becomes poetry. Age is not a punishment for something one did , they shouldn't carry the weight of inadequacy when feeling same things they did when they were young. Human connection shouldn't have expiration date . I like how this film shows human nature what one doesn't understand one wants to destroy and it saddens me , jealousy is nothing but destruction.Youth that lacks experience and modesty that is acquired with age.I like how this film by carefully selected visuals portrays feelings that you couldn't put into words , it has beautiful aesthetics. The whole film is masterpiece. Honesly i feel like any words i could try to select pale in comparison to this film i feel like you need to see it to know what i meant :}

Go-Eun Kim is perfectly cast in her role. She is perfection in a nearly perfect film. I hope, no I beg heaven to send her roles that allow her intellect and her natural grace to take deep roots. She has star quality and I don't use this term lightly. The question is what to do with all this talent? Given the depth and breath of contemporary Korean literature I hope for the best. Let us all send healing thoughts;protection from the star making machinery of the popular star. As a western viewer I see in Asian film a different structure to the stories told by Asian directors. The climax of the film comes very late. In Western film just about 47 to 54 minutes into the film the crises occurs with embarrassing regularity then the film winds down with a logical, if not predictable, outcomes. On re- viewing of Asian films (I always watch them 2 or 3 times) I see that the 47 to 54 minute window holds a cashe of motivating factors that makes the late climax feel like the wheels of fate have turned and the lessons for the future are planted in the ending. Different way of thinking. The reason that I bring this up in relation to thoughts about Go-Eun Kim is that she makes this poignantly readable, even to a cross cultural viewer. She has a je ne sais quoi that can not be denied. So I ask the God of film, (I am sure there is one) to care for this child of hers like a flower that should not be picked.

I first thought this would be one of those graphic and harsh/depressing film. But it actually turned out to be a warm romance movie to a degree. Sure, the premise may sound creepy but it's executed in a way where you actually feel for the old guy. Mainly because of the genuine heart of the man and the person he falls for. The two actors and the actress did a amazingly fine job bringing out the characters in a very natural manner. To the point it seemed like real characters. Another Korean movie called "The Bow" had something similar going on. But despite the artsy elements the characters were too mysterious and it didn't have enough to make the old guy to be likable and came about like a poor Hugh Hefner. While this was the opposite while having that artistic elements as well. Also the climax was not expected.6.8/10