‘My Love, Don’t Cross That River’ Tops Korean Box Office

[charlieu.livejournal.com]

A documentary about the lifelong love of an elderly couple topped South Korea’s box office on Friday, knocking down epic blockbusters Exodus: Gods and Kings and Interstellar to second and third place, respectively.

Directed by Jin Mo-young, My Love, Don’t Cross that River follows a couple, known as the “100-year-old lovebirds,” living in a sleepy mountain village in the Gangwon province. Similar to characters in a fairy tale, the elderly couple loves each other dearly, wears traditional Korean clothes every day and falls asleep while holding hands. For 15 months, the camera documents the peaceful life of the 98-year-old husband and 89-year-old wife until the husband passes away.

According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the documentary has sold more than 420,000 tickets in 465 theaters across South Korea as of Thursday. It also became the first indie film to draw 100,000 viewers during its first week run and went on to exceed the 300,000 mark on its 13th day of opening.

My Love, Don’t Cross the River originated as part of KBS’s television documentary program in 2011 and was later expanded into a feature, which premiered at the the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.

Despite having a meager production budget of 120 million won (USD $108,600), the film has already collected 488 million won in ticket sales, according to the Wall Street Journal. Industry officials now expect the tear-jerker to surpass Old Partner, a 2009 documentary about an old farmer and his 40-year-old ox, which set the box office record for Korean indie films.

Trailer with English subs:

Trailer on Youtube version with different scenes:

Documentary premiere:

You can tell a lot of them have been crying.

Sources: iamkoream, CAT&Doc, K-Pop Lovers, Thirtytoes

Comments

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, op.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the post OP

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

I already feel like crying and I haven't even watched the trailer(s) yet. Sounds so sweet!

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

in this day and age it's so refreshing to see this kind of love

[wafflesnmilk.livejournal.com]

The documentary looks touching but I sure hope the couple was comfortable and the crew offered help with menial tasks off-camera . Also I'm a sobbing mess .

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful couple.
things like this make me miss my grandpa a lot.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

I havent even seen the movie and I'm crying, she looked so sad when her doggie died.

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

im crying so much

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I want to see this even though I'm sure I'll cry. They look so cute together.

[cookiedealer.livejournal.com]

this is like all the factors i need to cry my eyes out
i'll probably watch it

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful

[lcbarnes.livejournal.com]

I love this. And yes I am crying

[konichiwacobra.livejournal.com]

i could never make it all the way through this. I would just spend the whole time crying.

[aki-san.livejournal.com]

I lost it when they were playing in the snow together. The best kind of love keeps you young at heart no matter how old you get. I would cry the entire time if I watched this.

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

I want to see this but I would cry my ass off. Miracle in Cell 7 was bad enough and that wasn't even a true story. ;_:

[skystealers.livejournal.com]

thank you op, i will watch out for this. ia with the comments above, i hope the crew helped out. i'm already crying