My Love, Don’t Cross That River
님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오
Korean Film Night
Documentary filmmaker Jin Mo-young gives a new meaning to life and the labour of love in his film My Love Don’t Cross That River (2013). Filmed in Hoengseong County in the Gangwon Province over a 15 month period, the film showcases the love between a couple as they face obstacles of life, family, and death. Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol, the married couple, have been married for 76 years and gone through nearly every life stage as a couple. Now both 98 years old, the couple showcases their daily life and the small and large acts of love and compassion they do for each other daily. The film is a testament that love is a universal language, as it is the most commercially successful independent Korean documentary of all time.
