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Promotional poster for Come Rain, Come Shine |
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| Hangul | 사랑한다, 사랑하지 않는다 |
| RR | Saranghanda, saranghaji ahnneunda |
| MR | Saranghanda, saranghaji annŭnda |
| Directed by | Lee Yoon-ki |
| Written by | Lee Yoon-ki |
| Starring | Hyun Bin Im Su-jung |
| Release date(s) | 17 February 2011 (Berlinale) |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 65,155 |
Come Rain, Come Shine (Korean: 사랑한다, 사랑하지 않는다, translit. Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda literally (I) Love (You), (I) Don't Love (You)) is a 2011 South Korean film by Lee Yoon-ki, starring Hyun Bin and Im Su-jung. They play a married couple who separating after 5 years together. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.[1]
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The film opens with a 9-minute long take of a married couple riding in a car together. After several minutes of smalltalk, the woman (Im Su-jung) tells the man (Hyun Bin) that she's leaving him for another man. The rest of the film takes place in the couple's home during a rainstorm during their last day together, as the husband helps his wife pack. Various quiet, introspective scenes show them doing things such as making coffee, smoking a cigarette, and reminiscing over nostalgic items. While eating together, the woman asks the man why he isn't angry with her, saying that he has a right to be. The man says that he knows she doesn't change her mind when she decides on something and feels that he is partially to blame for their rift. She then accuses the man of being selfish for acting as "the perfect man" during their breakup. Their conversation is interrupted by the meowing of a lost kitten outside. They bring it inside, but it escapes and hides elsewhere in the house. Soon, their neighbors come looking for the kitten and are invited inside. Strained conversation ensues, and the neighbors inform the couple that the rain has flooded the roads, preventing travel to Seoul. The husband answers a phone call from his wife's new lover and passes it to her. She tells him she'll have to put off leaving until the next day due to the flooding. He asks her, "is there anything holding you back?" To which she doesn't answer. The neighbors leave without the kitten, telling the couple to call them when it comes out. Now unable to go to their planned dinner reservation, the couple prepares dinner together. The man begins sniffling while cutting onions, and goes to the bathroom to wash his eyes, silently standing while letting the faucet run. The film ends with the kitten coming out of hiding and the woman telling it that everything is going to be ok.
The Hollywood Reporter gave a negative review of the film, summarizing it as "a film so subdued and delicately wrought it will go unnoticed by most audiences."[2]
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