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In Love and the War

In Love and the War

A place where even the enemy can be friends..

2011 · 135 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, War

In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.

Directed by Park Gun-yong · Written by Bae Se-young

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