Real water, no fragrance - "August Photo Studio"

Rylee 2022-02-27 08:01:33


A beautiful love has just begun to sprout, and it died prematurely.
But implicit love transcends the realm of life and death. Although the deceased left with regret, the care of the love is still so warm...

I'm about to leave, to see you, through the window glass, I stare at you at work, you are like that Calm and focused. Your smile and frown make me reluctant, but I didn't alarm you.
I'm leaving. At the last moment of my life, I can't bear to disturb you. I'd rather swallow the pain of farewell alone, just to remember your peaceful face forever.
I'm about to leave, through the window glass, I feel you with my fingers, one last time.

"I understand that the feeling of love will fade, just like the old photos, but you will always be in my heart, forever beautiful, until the last moment of my life."

If you like "Titanic", "My Sassy Girl" ...the film may sound dreary: no hilarity, no stunts, no jumping shots, no picturesque scenery, no violence, no princes and princesses, no passion (not to mention sex scenes, not even kisses).

I like this play because she doesn't pretend to be high-level, doesn't make trouble, and doesn't have the same kind of literary and artistic tone. The stories of ordinary people, there are no earth-shattering natural and man-made disasters; there is no sensational crying and robbing the earth, and everything is as real and plain as real life.

I don't know, this is actually the first work directed by director Xu Qinhao!
The starring Han Shigui and Shen Yinhe are both top South Korean actors, but they don't feel their star shadows at all in the play. One is calm and restrained, the other is lively and active. Many scenes are purely the performance of the actors' acting skills, there is no dialogue, only the natural expressions and actions.
Tears flowed unconsciously, almost forgetting that he was watching a play.

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Extended Reading

Christmas in August quotes

  • Jung-won: [Sitting on a rubber tire in his old school playground] When I was a kid I always sat alone in the playground after the other boys had gone. Thinking about my late mother, it struck me that we'd all disappear in the end... my father, my sister, all my best friends.

  • [last lines]

    Jung-won: [narrating] I always knew that feelings of love would fade - just like old photographs. But for you... you will always remain in my heart, as you are in my last moment. Thank you, and goodbye.