Christmas In August (1998) Review: Meditative, Life-Affirming Drama
The posters for South Korean filmmaker Jin-ho Hur’s Christmas in August (1998) show a man and a woman standing closely together under an overcoat, awkwardly and amorously smiling, as the snow falls from above. The poster and the genre (drama/romance), may make you wrongly interpret this as a passionate love story, riddled with melodramatic gestures. On the ...
