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Yoon Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae Bom. On a winter day, Yoon Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before. Hiding the fact that she knows about Yoon Hee's first love, Sae Bom proposes that they travel to Otaru, Japan together. There, the mother and daughter enjoy their time together. Yoon Hee, believing that she might meet her first love again, feels her heart fluttering. (Source: AsianWiki) Edit Translation

  • English
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  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Nov 14, 2019
  • Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.
  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 715 users)
  • Ranked: #3951
  • Popularity: #4780
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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Apr 24, 2022
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 8.5
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It is about Sisterhood - with a deep connection transcending age and nation. Yet in a man´s world.

When watching KMovies, one stumbles across productions that are surprisingly quiet and told with comparatively few words. "Moonlit Winter" is one of them. A quiet road movie of a mother an her daughter enriched with pictorial symbols and allegories. Like a long cold winter night.

It's about the unhappy love between two young girls that wasn't allowed to be. (SIDE NOTE: To this day, homosexual love is socially outlawed in South Korea. Starting with the younger generation, a little more tolerance is creeping into society, but only at a snail's pace they are starting to find something like solid ground under their feet.)

It is about the (need for) reconciliation with the past. About shame, guilt and forgiveness. And about choosing yourself first. Self love. And then, strengthened in that, one can choose anything, including a relationship... even if it's a homosexual one that still is socially undesirable...

Intense! The list of awards is correspondingly long. However: The intensity could easily be missed, because the quiet, long winter nights are what they are: Long. Dark. Cold. If you don't discover the magic of the diffuse moonlight for yourself, then time can get pretty dreary and gloomy.

The cast fits the show. They are all radiating and keeping the intensity in minimalistic terms.

It is about women with a deep connection transcending age and nation. About Sisterhood!
Tender. True. Yet in a man´s world.

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Apr 21, 2020
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This film was very quiet and serene. I think the snowy weather represented this film very well. When snow falls overtime, it piles up and covers everything underneath, just like the feelings of the two separated people. Through the letters, they uncover their feelings that's been piled up with snow. (The title's literal translation is 'To Yoonhee')

Even though Yoonhee was the focus of the movie, her daughter, Saebom, was a scene stealer. I found her interest for film photography is a nice element to this film! I love her attention to detail. Her mom knows everything she doesn't tell, and I think that Saebom is alike. The trip that she prepared for her mom was probably the best gift! It's a heart-warming movie. I personally love the ending, character development and the cinematography.

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  • Movie: Moonlit Winter
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Nov 14, 2019
  • Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 715 users)
  • Ranked: #3951
  • Popularity: #4780
  • Watchers: 2,394

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