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| Jeon Ji Hyun Filmography |
| Il Mare |
Release Date September 1999
Character Kim Eun Joo
Director Lee Hyun-Seung
Writing Credits Yo Ji-Na
Co-Stars Lee Jung-Jae
Genre Drama/Romance
Country South Korea
Rating PG
Runtime 105 minutes
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• Synopsis
Eun Joo moves out of her house 'Il Mare', leaving behind a Christmas card for the eventual new owner of the house in 1999. In it she
asks him/her to forward any mail of hers to her new address in the city. It is 1997 and Sung Hyun, the first owner of 'Il Mare' is moving
in and finds in his mailbox the Christmas card from Eun Joo. Thinking it was a joke, Sung Hyun leaves her a letter telling her so and reminds
her that its 1997 not 1999. Eventually the two realize that they are separated by two years of time but can somehow communicate through
the mailbox and begin to form a friendship through their letters.
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• Jeon Ji Hyun's Role
Kim Eun Joo, a voice-over actor, tries to come to grips with the realization that her fiancee, who has gone to the US to study animation,
has deserted her for another. Helping each other through the difficult times with empathy born of their similar experiences, Eun Joo and
Sung Hyun find intimacy that they do not share with their contemporaries
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• Trivia
- A remake has been made under the title 'The Lake House' starring Sandra Bullock and Keannu Reeves.
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• Reviews
Jeon Ji Hyun seeming peculiarly subdued works quite convincingly and we soon get used to her quiet lovelorn personality. -
Tuna @ AsianCinemaDrifter
As the lovelorn Eun Joo, Ji Hyun Jeon once again proves that she plays a better adult than she does a teenager. - Nix @
BeyondHollywood
'Il Mare' thankfully avoids the melodrama that many Korean films seem to fall back on, and this is largely down to the acting of
Jeon Ji Hyun and Lee Jung Jae, both of whom put in subtle and understated performances that suit the film's tone and storyline perfectly.
Colin Polonowski @ DVDTimes
Those who are only familiar with the post-2001 Jeon Ji Hyun might be surprised, even baffled, by her portrayal of Eun Joo. Even though
she was only nineteen at the time of filming, Jeon looks more mature here than in any of her subsequent films (despite some baby fat on
her china-doll face). As someone who finds the way Jeon's pupils completely roll off into the sides of her eyes a tad scary, and cannot help
but think of Meowth on speed when watching her "techno-dance" routines and advertisements, her Eun Joo is, along with 'The Uninvited',
a pleasant reminder of her ability to play quieter, human-scaled characters. - Kyu Hyun-Kim @ KoreanMovieReviews
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