Christmas in August

Christmas in August

Is love eternal?

1998 · 97 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama, Romance

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?

Directed by Hur Jin-ho · Written by Oh Seung-uk

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