Il Mare

Language : Korean
Country    : South Korea
Year          : 2000

Genre       : Drama | Romance | Fantasy
Duration   :  1hr 45 mins

Director    : Hyun-seung Lee
Actors       : Jung-Jae Lee, Gianna Jun, Mu-saeng Kim 

I saw this movie after being really intrigued by the theme of the story. There is this house on the beach called Il Mare, and the letter box there is somehow acting as a time warp. Letters goes in and back through time, connecting our leads Mr.Han from 1997 and Miss.Kim from 1999. How their lives get connected and fall in love with each other through time is quite romantic on its own in a whole new level. The movie was remaked in America as "The Lakehouse". I really enjoyed watching the movie, especially with beautiful direction and brilliant background musics to go with, makes those warm moments even warmer.

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner (2007)
Country : Afghanistan

This is by far the best Middle Eastern movie I've seen which is named after the book from where the story was drawn. It features the life of two kids, amir and hassan, who grew up during fall of Afghanistan to war and such. certain events shook them - violence, poverty, war .. their friendship is questioned in an act of violence against hassan where amir failed to prevent and jss fled. Theme features guilt and redemption as Amir returns to Afghan from US after 20 decades .. beautiful movie ... quite liked the direction, acting, cinematography and especially the music score ... :)

They say, sometimes you find what you are looking for in the most uncommon places. I guess that's true  :D