A Moment to Remember (PG) 8.0

A Moment to Remember (2004) 내 머리 속의 지우개: A romance blossoms between a clothing designer and a cautious young man, but because the two have both been hurt in the past, it develops slowly. One is recovering from an affair with a married man. The other has lived his life alienated and alone. (8.2)

Director: John H. Lee
Writers: John H. Lee, Yeong-ha Kim
Stars: Woo-sung Jung, Ye-jin Son and Jong-hak Baek
Language: Korean (w/ English subtitles)

A beautiful romance developing from a chance encounter and coming out of life's realities. The story is heartbreaking, although a wonderful movie. It is better to watch this movie without knowing much about it. The IMDB snippet (which I didn't use for this post) gives away too much of the storyline. The movie also gives you a glimpse of the contemporary Korean city-life, which is an added bonus. The cinematography, which is easy to miss in such an absorbing story, is superb with the nice use of lighting, camera angles and color contrasts. From the Netflix image, I didn't think the main characters were eye-candy, but they were, and specially Ye-jin Son is stunning in her simplicity. The use of some Spanish music added another dimension. Another great movie from the director of Sayonara Itsuka. I highly recommend this movie. My Rating: 8.0