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It’s been six days since I watched this movie, but until now, I still can’t get over with The Classic. Thus, I wanted to share it with you, a little bit on it only.

The Classic is a South Korean melodrama film or say directly, a love story which starred Son Ye-jin, Jo Seung-woo, and Jo In-sung.

If you’ve fallen out of love, then this movie will take you back into the magic of love. If you’ve never been in love, this movie will make you fall. If you’re in love, this movie will make you feel the love more.

The twist happens at the last part of the film. Just read this passage out of the research I made about the film…

“Back in the past, Joon-Ha is guilt-ridden over his friend's attempted suicide and Joo-Hee's own guilt. Determined to prevent any more hurt to her, Joon-Ha joins the army and goes to Vietnam. There he loses his eyesight while he tries to retrieve the necklace Joo-Hee had given him. When he returns to Korea, he meets again with Joo-Hee, and, trying to hide his blindness, convinces her he has married in the hope she will move on with her life. Though heart broken that their relationship cannot continue, she does move on and eventually marries Tae-Soo, Joon-Ha's kind friend. After they have been married for several years and have a young daughter (Ji-Hae) Joo-Hee is approached by friends of Joon-Ha, who relate Joon-Ha's last wish: that his ashes be scattered by Joo-Hee in the river, now a reservoir, where they first met. She then finds out that Joon-Ha hadn't married, but he later did after Tae-Soo and Joo-Hee were married. She was told that he had a son also. The heart-break is too much and she cries.

In the present, Ji-Hae's own story unfolds. Sang-Min reveals his true feelings for Ji-Hae - feelings that mirror her own. It is also revealed that their taking shelter together during the storm was no accident: he had purposely left his umbrella behind in a shop so that he could join her under the tree. Then, when Ji-Hae pensively reveals her mother's story to him, tears stream down his face. Silently he lifts a necklace from around his neck and places it around hers. It is the necklace that Ji-Hae's mother, Joo-Hee, had given to Joon-Ha when they met. The circle is completed: Joo-Hee's daughter and Joon-Ha's son have fallen in love.”

The movie has the best cinematography. The director, writer, script writer, everybody behind the movie knows how to capture the emotion of the viewers of all ages.

It's one of the best love stories I’ve seen in my whole life. The ending is unpredictable compared to local and other foreign films.

If I were you, I’ll better watch the movie to feel what the other viewers have felt while and after watching it.

Ohh, I love The Classic so much. Korean romantic films are the best.