Christmas in August

1998-01-24 • 1h 37m •

Drama Romance

7.8

User Score

86 votes

"Is love eternal?"

Overview

It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

Hur Jin-ho

Director

Shin Dong-hwan

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Han Suk-kyu

Jung-won

Shim Eun-ha

Da-rim

Shin Gu

Jung-won's Father

Oh Ji-hye

Jung-sook

Lee Han-wi

Chul-goo

Jeon Mi-seon

Ji-won

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 37m

Release Date

1998-01-24

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Reviews

badelf

2022-08-18T14:33:30.538Z

A thirty-something photographer, Jung-Won (Han Suk-kyu), strikes up a potentially romantic relationship with a twenty-something parking enforcer. Unbeknownst to her, and he won't tell her, his time left to live is rather limited. The film is nice, and actually nicely paced and photographed. I didn't think there was enough meat on the bones though. We have good character from Han Suk-kyu. The other characters in the story a far too thin, leaving the whole effect rather lacking.