
Close to the Horizon(2019)
Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.


“Is love eternal?”
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

Han Suk-kyu
Jung-won

Shim Eun-ha
Da-rim

Shin Gu
Jung-won's Father

Oh Ji-hye
Jung-sook

Lee Han-wi
Chul-goo

Jeon Mi-seon
Ji-won

Kim Ae-ra
Grandmother

Min Kyung-jin
Son

Lee Yong-nyeo
Ballet Auntie

Kim Ki-cheon
Drunk Man
Christmas in August is a drama, romance film released in 1998 exploring themes of terminal illness, romance. Directed by Hur Jin-ho, it stars Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Shin Gu. It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
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