we all need courage

Magnolia 2022-04-20 09:02:35

This is a movie that requires patience and care to watch.

The progress of the plot is slow, making people anxious and restless. In fact, the brilliance of the film lies in the use of small bridges to describe the protagonist Zheng Yuan's life peacefully waiting for death after contracting a terminal illness.

Although this kind of love is as short as Christmas, it is indeed a beautiful and incomparable love story in this world. We are moved to tears by it, and our mood cannot be calmed down for a long time.

If it were you or me, would you want this ending? Love needs courage at all times. If love comes, no matter what can stop it, including death, fear, or cowardice will only leave regrets.

We were moved by Jung Won's crush on Doreen, but didn't want it to end like this, maybe take the courage to face the one you love, and when the Christmas bell rings, it'll be the two of you listening together!

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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.