dont let the title fool you, wonderful film
the young actress was excellent. the story contrasts the couple in their youth and in later years. although it doesn't cover the in between years this is something left for reflection. i was drawn by the young "mermaid" story and the simple life depicted on the island. her spunky but sweet innocence was touching and captivating. loved the bit on the korean translation of "alright"
a charming movie
This is one of those sweet, small movies focused on people, time and family. The heroine is a young working woman with an awful, crude, swearing mother. There seems to be an unbridgeable gap. Fate, and perhaps magic, take her into her mother's past, and, as so often happens in successful drama, she learns and understands as she follows her mother and father's courtship on a remote Korean island where her mother works as a pearl diver. The movie used the island setting to give a real sense of time and place, adding much to appeal and power of the story. I couldn't help thinking of such films as Local Hero and I Know Where I Am Going.
Sorry, but there are no big shoot 'em ups and no pat conclusions. The epilog is touching. The actress who plays both the modern daughter and her younger mother does a great job. (The English subtitles are flawed, but definitely adequate.)
Love Story
A tear jerking love story where daughter travels back in to witness how her parents fell in love. The title is misleading because I thought it would focus on her mother youth.
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