Rewind

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United States Premiere. Amidst the bustle of city life in South Korea, a man (played by the popular Hyung-Sung Jang) wills his life away at the video store he runs. Having given up on his family life and law career, he is now comfortable with his solitude, happy to exchange the occasional word with a curious customer. The monotony of his life is broken one day by the sudden appearance of a love letter from a secret admirer. The man's isolation begins to melt away as he works up enough courage to find the answers, especially after a mysterious homemade video appears in his return box a few weeks later - a video that has profound effects on his lonely soul. Director Hak-Soon Kim's Rewind is a beguiling and romantic urban tale that, in its insights into modern loneliness and yearning, rivals the acclaimed Lost in Translation. With patience and tenderness, it finds magic and the possibility of love in the smallest details of life. - Fernando F. Croce