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Il Mare

Year:

2000

Duration:

Argentina:105 min | Colombia:95 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Hyun-seung Lee

Details

Country: South Korea

Release Date: 2000-09-09

Filming Locations: Ha-ri, Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, South Korea

Earnings

Budget: $2,500,000

Gross: SGD 70,000 (Singapore) Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Gianna Jun

Jung-Jae Lee

Han Sung-hyun

Mu-saeng Kim

Seung-yeon Jo

Jae-hyeok

Yun-jae Min

Yun-Yeong Choe

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Trivia

Il Mare does no longer exist since at least 2006 according to the satellite images. There is a new breakwater between summer sea line and the former position of Il Mare. Exact coordinates of Il Mare (the location where Il Mare existed) are: (37° 44' 16.00" N, 126° 17' 21.50" E). The coordinates of the other house which Sung-hyun visits while it's being constructed are: (33° 30' 49.50" N, 126° 58' 03.50" E). There is no house in fact. And the beach which Sung-hyun sits in after visiting the house can be seen at (33°30'7.00" N, 126°56'35.75" E).

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Is 'Siworae/Il Mare' based on a book?

No. Siworae (aka Il Mare) was written by South Korean screenwriters Kim Eun-jeong and Yoeh Ji-na. The movie was remade in English as The Lake House (2006).

Why didn't they keep exchanging letters after Eun-Joo "saves" Sung-Hyun?

The most likely answer is that Eun-ju believed her 'don't go' letter didn't make it to Sung-hyun in time and that he died on 25 March 1998, so she had no need to keep checking the mailbox for his letters. In his timeline, Sung-hyun may have continued writing letters to Eun-Ju, but without getting replies from her, he probably concluded that she was no longer checking the mailbox. Knowing that it would be fruitless to try and meet Eun-ju at places like the subway bench because she never heard of him until 2000, he chose to wait the 21 months until his time caught up with hers on 22 December 1999, the day she moved out of Il Mare.