- Japan Premiere
Supported Program < Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production >
Related Special Screening: Achievement of Joint Film Production of Japan-Korea Movie Educational Institutions
Old Love
オールド・ラブ
Director: PARK Ki-yong
2017｜Korea, Japan｜89min｜Language: Korean｜Subtitles: Japanese
| Date | Time | Venue | Guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/13 (Wed) | 14:30 | The National Museum of Art | ◎ |
*admission free
- Cast
- YOO Jung-ah
KIM Tae-hoon - Synopsis
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At Incheon International Airport, KIM Jung-soo and LEE Yoon-hee, both in their late 40s, accidentally meet for the first time in 25 years. Jung-soo is seeing off his daughter to Australia, while Yoon-hee is arriving from Canada for two weeks to visit her mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s. They were dating during their campus days but had broken up just before graduation when Yoon-hee decided to marry a Korean Canadian. A few days later, Jung-soo and Yoon-hee meet for the second time. They have a friendly chat over lunch but both hide their real life stories: he had lost his wife in a car accident and his business is at risk, while she has divorced many years ago and is now facing financial difficulties.
On their third encounter, she recalls old memories and confesses her ardent love only to make him confused and irritated. He also admits that he has missed her greatly but could not embrace her so easily. After all these years, they both painfully accept that it’s too late to start again and their love is only an old memory.
- Director’s Message/Statement
After making the film, I actually, by coincidence in real life, met my old love after almost 30 years.
It was a strange experience. Her figure had changed substantially. She had become a normal elderly person, same as myself, but she acted in her familiar youthful manner making me also behave the same as in the days when I was dating her.
The scenery was nothing like a scene in a romantic movie. We immediately started quarrelling and criticising each other, and I realised that after all these years, I was chasing an illusion–a fantasy I had created in my mind.
I regretted having met her. Why did I answer to her meeting request in the first place? I should have kept her in my fantasy world instead of bringing her back into my real world. But what can I do, when life is just a constant repeat of disappointments and regrets.