My Love, Don't Cross That River (Movie - 2014)

• Jo Byeong-man (조병만)
• Kang Gye-yeol (강계열)

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Butterfly"
  2018/10/20
  In the southeastern region of of Korea, an elderly man returns to his rural home. In truth he probably can't stay there long and family will come back for him in two weeks. The old house holds great nostalgic value for him. Over eight decades, the man lived there with his wife, taking care of her when he could barely take care of himself. "Butterfly" is a documentary chronicle of the end of their shared life, as we wait for the old woman to die on her own terms,...More

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  Korean movie of the week documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River"
  2016/12/29, Source
  Korean movie of the week documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River" (2014) Directed by Jin Mo-young Synopsis There live a couple known as '100-year-old lovebirds'. Like characters in a fairy tale, the husband is strong like a woodman, and the wife full of charms like a princess. They dearly love each other, wear traditional Korean clothes all the time, and still fall asleep hand in hand. However, death, quietly sits between them, like a thief. This film starts from this moment, and follows the couple until the last moments of their 76-year marriage,...More

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  [HanCinema's Feature] Local Popularity of Independent Korean Films (Part 2)
  2016/09/17
  The top two most popular independent Korean films of all time are documentaries. "Old Partner", a 2008 film which dealt with an old rural man and his working cow, nearly hit three million admissions. "My Love, Don't Cross That River", a 2014 film about an elderly couple who have been together for several decades, nearly hit five million admissions. But it's worth noting that documentaries about old rural people do not necessarily always make bank, regardless of how good they are. Consider "With or Without You", about an elderly woman living with a retarded woman who she bought several decades ago for her husband to impregnate with a son after their own sons unexpectedly and tragically died. That one only got close to thirty thousand,...More

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  [HanCinema's Feature] Local Popularity of Independent Korean Film (Part 1)
  2016/09/10
  I promised to discuss crowdfunding this week, I know, but Willa Schitz had a really good question in the comments section last week that I felt warranted a full explanation. Here's her post, the first part being a quote from last week's article-,...More

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  Smithsonian Museum Hosts Korean Film Fest
  2016/06/12, Source
  Director Lee Wonsuk (center) speaks after screening his film "The Royal Tailor" in Washington D.C. on Saturday June, 4. /Courtesy of the Korea Foundation A Korean historical costume film was screened at the Warner Brothers Theater in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. on Saturday,...More

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  [HanCinema's Digest] Cinema Snippets
  2015/12/06
  Catch 27 classic Korean films in Tokyo, "The Priests" breaks the November record, find out who the winners were at this year's Blue Dragon Awards, and South Korea's industry surpasses 100 million in 2015,...More

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  [HanCinema's Digest] Cinema Snippets
  2015/06/20
  Has South Korean cinema got any long takes worth noting?, LA honours "My Love, Don't Cross That River", KOBIZ touches base with the country's top moviemakers, and is "Snowpiercer" underrated?,...More

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  2015 51st PaekSang Arts Awards : Movies Nominees List
  2015/05/15
  2015 51th PaekSang Arts Awards : movies nominees list,...More

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  [Upcoming DVD Releases] "Gangnam Blues", "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" and "My Love, Don't Cross That River"
  2015/05/07, Source
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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Glittering Hands"
  2015/04/18
  Director Lee-kil Bo-ra and her brother were born into a deaf family, although they both have functional ears. "Glittering Hands", on the most basic possible level, is just a home movie of their family life. Obviously Lee-kil Bo-ra didn't plan this project from childhood, so outside of recent years she just shows us brief snippets. There's old photo albums of what her parents were like when they were younger, and the story of their courtship. Mostly though, Lee-kil Bo-ra doesn't do the talking- her parents speaks for themselves, in sign language,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.04.03 ~ 2015.04.05
  2015/04/06
  "Fast & Furious" outplays "Twenty" for pole position... April saw the release of a number of competitive films, five of which entered the fray and featured in this past weekend's top ten. The much-anticipated "Fast & Furious 7" (starring the late Paul Walker alongside Vin Diesel) hit theatres worldwide recently, and Korean audiences welcomed the seventh instalment by raising it up as the country's current number one,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.04.03 ~ 2015.04.05
  2015/04/05, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Fast & Furious 7",...More

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  New Film Expected to Set Indie Box-Office Record
  2015/03/18, Source
  A recently released indie film appears likely to set a new box-office record after a strong initial response from audiences. "Socialphobia" was seen by about 112,000 moviegoers in its first three days on the screen, reaching the 100,000 mark faster than any other indie film released here,...More

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  'Socialphobia' sets records in independent movie history in Korea surpassing 100,000 in three days
  2015/03/16, Source
  "Socialphobia" surpassed 100,000 viewers for the shortest time among all independent movies in Korea. In three days since the release date, "Socialphobia" brought 111,829 people to the theater setting the records to surpass 100,000 viewers in the shortest time among all independent movies released,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.03.06 ~ 2015.03.08
  2015/03/09
  "The Kingsman"'s reign continues unchallenged… Last weekend British spy flicks "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and "The Imitiation Game" ruled at as the country's number one and two, claiming just under a million admission between them. The later lost its footing and fell to third, but Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsman" managed to retain its place as Korea's film of choice despite the arrival of Ahn Sang-hoon's period drama, "Empire of Lust",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.03.06 ~ 2015.03.08
  2015/03/08, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Kingsman: The Secret Service",...More

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  The 10th Max Movie Awards Winners; "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" awarded 2 trophies
  2015/02/26, Source
  "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" was awarded Best Film and Best Actor award at the Max Movie awards. The 10th Max Movie Award was held in a hotel in Yeongjong Island on the 26th. Nominees participated in the Red Carpet event, press conferences, hand printing and other events prior to the main one,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.02.20 ~ 2015.02.22
  2015/02/24
  Agents rule and "Ode" revitalised… Kim Seok-yoon's "Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island" held on to enjoy another weekend as Korea's choice film, claiming 1.2M admissions (30.5%) over 817 screens to once again outplayed Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsman: The Secret Service" at the top of the pile. Kim's latest, which was released on the 11th, now moves onto 3.1M and is on target to overtake the 4.7M stubs the 2011 original scored,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.02.20 ~ 2015.02.22
  2015/02/22, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island" (조선명탐정 : 사라진 놉의 딸),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.02.13 ~ 2015.02.15
  2015/02/16
  Agents foreign and domestic dominate Valentine's Day weekend... Valentine's Day weekend welcomed a string of new hopefuls into the game as six fresh players shook up sales to helped spread the love. But of those new entries, it was the return of "Detective K" that came away with the biggest piece of the box office pie. Kim Seok-yoon's "Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island" attracted 729K (32.4%) from 811 screens to outplay its nearest rival: "Kingsman: The Secret Service". "Detective K" was released back in 2011 by Kim and garnered 4.7M stubs from early January to late March, and the sequel retains the popular comical duo of Kim Myung-min and Oh Dal-soo, but this time Lee Yeon-hee joins them to raise to stakes,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.02.13 ~ 2015.02.15
  2015/02/15, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island" (조선명탐정 : 사라진 놉의 딸),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.02.06-2015.02.08
  2015/02/10
  Nostalgic Romcom Rules, while "Ode" crosses 13M... Box office newcomer "C'est Si Bon" entered the fray last week and captured 29.5% of the pie over the weekend, comfortably claiming the top spot and dislodging last week's winner: "Big Hero 6". Kim Hyun-seok's romantic comedy attracted 534K filmgoers ($3.9M) over 829 screens to outperform Disney's Oscar contender as the South's favourite flick. Last weekend "Big Hero 6" trumped JK Youn's latest for first, but the musical might of Kim's fifth feature proved too much for Disney's awesome animation,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.02.06~2015.02.08
  2015/02/08, Source
  The number one movie this week is "C'est Si Bon" (쎄시봉),...More

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  'My Love, Don't Cross That River' "Grandma" Kang Gye-yeol greets movie fans with her handwritten letter
  2015/02/04, Source
  Grandma, Kang Gye-yeol from the movie, 'My Love, Don't Cross That River', let her fans know how she was doing. CGV Art House, the distributor of the movie released a photo of her and director Jin Mo-young standing together,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.30 ~ 2015.02.01
  2015/02/02
  Disney's Oscar delight comes right… Last week Yoo Ha's "Gangnam Blues" entered the fray and scored a narrow victory during a highly competitive weekend. "Gangnam Blues", "Big Hero 6", and JK Youn's "Ode to My Father" were all in the running for gold, but its was Yoo's action noir that the public championed. This weekend, however, saw Walt Disney's "Big Hero 6" gain momentum and claim the week's top spot with over 611K admissions going its way (29%), bumping its total tally in Korea now to 1.7M ($12M). To date, Disney's, Marvel-inspired, Oscar nominee has already banked $484M worldwide, more than double its production budget of around $165M,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.01.30 ~ 2015.02.01
  2015/02/01, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Big Hero 6",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.23 - 2015.01.25
  2015/01/26
  Yoo's "Gangnam Blues" shakes things up... Yoo Ha's action noir "Gangnam Blues" (aka "Gangnam 1970") was the number one player at box office over the weekend, pocketing over $5.5M (27%) and coming out on top in what was the most closely-contested tussle at the top we've seen thus far. The 709K filmgoers Yoo persuade into his caves (830) was narrowly enough to spoil Disney's big animated entrance into the game. "Big Hero 6" was, like Yoo's "Gangnam Blues", released in Korea last Wednesday, and competed over 822 screens to claimed 662K stubs ($5M - 25%). It was an awesome photo finish that ultimately favoured homemade Han over foreign fantasy, but only just,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.01.23 ~ 2015.01.25
  2015/01/25, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Gangnam Blues" (강남 1970),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "My Love, Don't Cross That River"
  2015/01/24
  In modern life it's often difficult to seriously entertain the idea that true love exists. We can try to fulfill that void with romantic fantasies but really, most of us are only one bad date away from being outright cynical. In times like these, many of us need some kind of clear hope that love is real. For those wavering in that faith, "My Love, Don't Cross That River" is a testament to the concept of love. These two old people have survived war, death, general misery, and one of them now stands perilously close to death's door. And yet still, they love each other,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.16 ~ 2015.01.18
  2015/01/19
  Fresh features help close gap on Yoon's "Ode"... Park Jin-pyo's "Love Forecast" and Ha Jung-woo's "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" were released last week and helped restore balance to box office. For the last five weeks it's been all "Ode to My Father" and, for the first time since "The Hobbit" mid-December, the film's lavish lead sunk to within striking distance. JK Youn's successful war drama captured 27.5% of the pie (808K) across 742 screens for gold, but had to defend its crown against the spritely rom-com "Love Forecast", starring Lee Seung-gi and Moon Chae-won,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.01.16 ~ 2015.01.18
  2015/01/18, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Ode to My Father" (국제시장),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.09 ~ 2015.01.11
  2015/01/12
  Yoon's "Ode" continues uncontested… The Korean box office might not be roaring currently, quieted, perhaps, by the success of JK Youn's heartfelt war drama: "Ode to My Father". Since its released mid-December, "Ode to My Father" has held firm at the top of pile, and its arrival at the ten-million-views mark is dawning. The film added 1.1M stubs over the weekend, continuing its phenomenal run and pushing its total tally now to 9.6M ($69.7M). If, or rather when, it reached 10M admissions, it will become only the eleventh film in Korean film history to do so, placing it in Korea's pantheon of pictures; a hall of fame and fortune that includes such wonders as "Silmido" (the first of its kind), "Snowpiercer", "The Attorney", "The Thieves", and, more recently, "The Admiral: Roaring Currents",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.01.09 ~ 2015.01.11
  2015/01/11, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Ode to My Father" (국제시장),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.01.02 ~ 2015.01.04
  2015/01/05
  Local drama starts the year out right… The first week of the new year saw JK Youn's "Ode to My Father" retain pole position, making it three weeks in a row for this touching war drama. The film, which depicts modern Korean history through a story of a Korean War refugee and his fragmented family, easily topped the table with 1.6M admissions (42.2%) and so advanced its total tally now to 7M ($54.4M). It survived the Christmas crowds with cheer, and has managed to carrying itself profitably into the New Year,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2015.01.02 ~ 2015.01.04
  2015/01/04, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Ode to My Father" (국제시장),...More

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  Commercial Success of Indie Films Points to More Growth Potential
  2015/01/01, Source
  Korean films have fared well this year in terms of cinema attendance. "The Attorney", loosely based on former President Roh Moo-hyun, started the year by attracting 11.3 million viewers, and period action film "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" dominated the summer with 17.6 million spectators. And the recently released melodrama "Ode to My Father" is sweeping the box office, attracting more than 4 million viewers in just 12 days from its release,...More

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  Domestic Films Dominate Year-End Box Office
  2014/12/30, Source
  Three domestic films are leading at the box office here as the year draws to a close. "Ode to My Father" has drawn 4.28 million viewers as of Sunday, just 12 days after its release, as favorable reviews spread by word of mouth and the controversy over its political disposition increases interest in the film,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2014.12.26 ~ 2014.12.28
  2014/12/28, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Ode to My Father" (국제시장),...More

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  Indie Documentary Breaks Box-Office Records
  2014/12/26, Source
  The indie documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River", directed by Jin Mo-young, broke the box office record set by "Old Partner" on Thursday, 29 days after its release. The film drew 3.04 million until Thursday to beat the 2009 hit indie film which attracted 2.93 million, distributor CGV Art House said,...More

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  Domestic Films Draw 100 Million Viewers for 3rd Straight Year
  2014/12/26, Source
  Korean films sold more than 100 million tickets at cinemas for the third straight year. After a relatively slow start this year, the tide started to turn with the opening of the period action film "The Admiral: Roaring Currents", which sold more than 17 million tickets over the summer, a record for a Korean film,...More

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  Indie Documentary Exceeds 2 Million Viewers
  2014/12/22, Source
  An indie film about a devoted elderly couple is setting new records in indie film history. "My Love, Don't Cross That River" hit the 2 million mark in cinema attendance on Saturday, some 20 days after its release and six days after it passed the 1 million mark. It drew more than 300,000 moviegoers on Saturday alone,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2014.12.19 ~ 2014.12.21
  2014/12/21, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Ode to My Father" (국제시장),...More

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  'My Love, Don't Cross That River' tops box office for consecutive 6 days
  2014/12/16, Source
  The independent movie, My Love, Don't Cross That River has been ranked number one at box office for 6 days in a row. According to the records by Korean Film Council on the 17th, the movie was played on 696 screens and 3015 times in total on that day. The daily viewers reached 163,473 and the accumulated number of the viewers is 1,356,550,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.12.12 ~ 2014.12.14­
  2014/12/15
  Lovely Indie Makes History… The biblical epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings" failed to return to the top celebrating a narrow victory over the cosmically curious "Interstellar" last weekend. Week two for Ridley's personal odyssey (the film is dedicated to the late Tony Scott) was not as promising as its entry; it slumped to third having captured only 18% (346K) of the box office pie. Above came Nolan's "Interstellar" (396K – 20%), still short 300K of the 10M admissions mark, and, more historically, came this week's number one: "My Love, Don't Cross That River",...More

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  Heart-Rending Documentary Rewrites Box Office History
  2014/12/15, Source
  An indie documentary about a devoted elderly couple is rewriting the history of Korean cinema. "My Love, Don't Cross That River" topped the box office on Friday last week, and maintained its lead on Saturday by drawing 247,658 viewers in one day. It has now been watched by 776,424 people and is on course to hit 1 million 18 days after its release on Nov. 27,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2014.12.12 ~ 2014.12.14
  2014/12/14, Source
  The number one movie this week is "My Love, Don't Cross That River" (님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.12.05 ~ 2014.12.07
  2014/12/08
  Scott's Epic Exodus Grounds "Interstellar"... Nolan's "Interstellar" was November in Korea. It dictated terms and elevated itself well above the competition ("Fashion King", "Cart", "Fury", "Big Match"), each week and without fail. So successful was this space odyssey's reign, that its nearest challenger claimed no more than half of its black and bloated bottom-line each weekend. It's not over yet, but the film has so far absorbed nearly 10 million admissions ($65.2M): a mega-milestone in Korea that currently only a dozen features can boast (all after 2003 starting with "Silmido"). "Snowpiercer" (9.3M), "The Face Reader" (9.1M), and "Iron Man 3" (9M) have all had a recent sniff, and "Interstellar" still needs a further 800K to buy into this elite club,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2014.12.05 ~ 2014.12.07
  2014/12/07, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Exodus: Gods and Kings",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.11.28 ~ 2014.11.30
  2014/12/01
  "Interstellar" hangs on despite "Big Match"... 908K admissions was enough for the cosmic adventure epic "Interstellar" to secure its fourth week at the top of the table; an uncontested reign that has so far scored the film close to $60M (8.3M admissions) from Korean alone. Even after four straight weeks Nolan's sublime story has remained the undisputed favourite, and is now picking on "Miss Granny" (8.6M) to become the fourth highest-grossing film of the year,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2014.11.28 ~ 2014.11.30
  2014/11/30, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Interstellar",...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2014/11/27 in Korea
  2014/11/27, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2014/11/27 in Korea: "Big Match", "My Love, Don't Cross That River", "Thuy", and "The Way to School",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...
  2014/11/22
  K-Films Coming Soon: ★★★★ "Thuy": A Vietnamese woman living in rural Korea is met with resistance when she wants her husband's death investigated. (11/27) ★★★ "The Way to School": A documentary that follows a group of children in the Himalayas and their dangerous trek to school across the icy Chaddar road. (11/27) ★★★★ "Big Match": A UFC fighter and his brother get blackmailed into being apart of a lucrative gambling scam.(11/27) ★★★ "My Love, Don't Cross That River": A heartfelt documentary that follows an elderly married couple, their hold on tradition, love, and the death that stalks them. (11/27),...More

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  Son Tae-young 7 months pregnant
  2014/11/19, Source
  The VIP premier for documentary film "My Love, Don't Cross That River" was held in CGV Yeongdeungpo on the 19th. Son Tae-young is having photo time at the VIP event,...More

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  [Video] Trailer released for the Korean documentary 'My Love, Don't Cross That River'
  2014/11/01, Source
  Trailer released for the upcoming Korean documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River",...More

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  Upcoming Korean documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River"
  2014/10/31, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean documentary "My Love, Don't Cross That River"'s page to HanCinema database,...More