A Moment to Remember

A Moment to Remember promotional movie poster

Hangul
Revised Romanization Nae Meorisogui Jiugae
McCuneReischauer Nae Mrisogi Chiugae
Directed by Lee Jae-han (John H. Lee)
Produced by Cha Seung-jae
Written by Lee Jae-han
Kim Young-ha
Starring Jung Woo-sung
Son Ye-jin
Music by Kim Tae-won
Cinematography Lee Jun-gyu
Edited by Steve M. Choe
Ham Sung-won
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates November 5, 2004
Running time 144 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$20,865,847
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A Moment to Remember
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Moment to Remember (Hangul: ; RR: Nae Meorisogui
Jiugae; lit. "Eraser in My Head") is a 2004 South Korean film based on the 2001
Japanese television drama Pure Soul. It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Woo-sung and
follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens of loss caused by
Alzheimers disease.
The movie was released on November 5, 2004 in South Korea. It was a major
success domestically, topping the box office for two consecutive weeks to become
the 5th highest grossing film of 2004 at 2,565,078 admissions.
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The film was also
a hit in Japan, breaking previous records of Korean films released there; it was the
19th highest grossing film at the 2005 Japanese box office.
[3][4]
John H. Lee and Kim Young-ha won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Grand
Bell Awards.
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Contents
1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Remake
4 Similar plot
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Synopsis
The first act of the film introduces the protagonists, a woman named Su-jin and a
man named Chul-soo. The movie highlights their accidental meeting, followed by
their subsequent courting despite their difference in social status that should have
kept them apart. Kim Su-jin is a 27-year-old fashion designer, spurned by her lover,
a colleague who was also a married man. Depressed, she goes to a convenience
store, where she bumps into a tall, handsome man with whom she has a slight
misunderstanding. Following that, she returns home and, receiving her fathers
forgiveness, decides to start life afresh.
One day while accompanying her father, who is the CEO of a construction firm,
she coincidentally meets the man whom she earlier bumped into at the convenience
store. He is Choi Chul-soo, the construction sites foreman who is studying to
become an architect. Though he initially appears like a rough and dirty construction worker, Chul-soo exudes sheer masculinity in its
most basic physical form. Su-jin instantly takes a liking to Chul-soo and actively courts him. There are many sweet events that take
place in the occurrence of their courtship, eventually leading to their marriage.
The second act follows the couple happily settling into married life, with Chul-soo designing their dream house and Su-jin learning to
become a housewife. As time passes, however, Su-jin begins to display forgetfulness, including an incident in which a fire breaks out
because of a stove shed forgotten to turn off. While Chul-soo caught the fire in time, the seriousness of the incident and others like it
lead them to seek medical help.
The third act deals with Su-jins early-onset Alzheimers disease diagnosis, and the couples consequent response to it. Su-jin at first
experiences denial, then becomes heavily burdened by the knowledge that she will forget her husband. Nevertheless they make the
commitment to stay together and as the disease progresses, the trials the couple go through increase because of Su-jins deteriorating
memory. Finally, Su-jin makes the decision to leave their home and check herself into an assisted facility.
Despite his grief, Chul-soo remains at Su-jins side even when she doesnt remember him, hiding his eyes behind sunglasses when he
visits her so she cant see his tears. At the end of the film, Chul-soo reenacts the first time they met in the convenience store, with all of
Su-jins friends and family there. In the final scene, Su-jin is riding in a car beside her husband at sunset, and he tells her, "I love you."
Cast
Son Ye-jin as Kim Su-jin
Jung Woo-sung as Choi Chul-soo
Baek Jong-hak as Seo Yeong-min
Lee Seon-jin as Jung An-na
Park Sang-gyu as Mr. Kim
Kim Hee-ryeong as Mother
Seon Ji-hyun as Jeong-eun
Kim Bu-seon as Madam Oh
Kim Joong-ki as Section Chief Cha
Hyun Young as Yu-na
Park Mi-suk as Ji-hyun
Shin Cheol-jin as Manager Park
Jin Yong-ok as construction worker 1
Shin Hyun-tak as construction worker 3
Kwon Byeong-kil as Ph.D Lee
Oh Gwang-rok as bum at station
Jung Min-sung as passerby on cellphone
Choi Gyo-sik as public officer
David Lee McInnis as model
Remake
On October 22, 2008 it was reported that CBS Films had secured the rights for an American remake, with Susannah Grant attached to
write the screenplay.
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After a turnaround, it was announced in February 2013 that Scott Pictures will produce and finance along with
Sobini Films and Film 360. The film will be directed by Ben Lewin and Katherine Heigl has been cast as the female lead.
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Similar plot
Other works inspired by this film with plots involving the female protagonist diagnosed with Alzheimers while her husband stands by
her, include:
2008 Bollywood filmU Me Aur Hum ("You, me, and us")
2011 South Korean television series A Thousand Days' Promise
2012 Turkish filmEvim Sensin ("You are my home")
See also
Contemporary culture of South Korea
List of Korea-related topics
List of Korean language films
References
^ "Nae meorisokui jiwoogae (A Moment to Remember)" (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2005W44&
id=_fAMOMENTTOREMEMBE01). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
1.
^ "The Best Selling Films of 2004" (http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm04.html). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-08. 2.
^ "Films Starring Sohn Ye-jin Attract 10 Mil. Viewers in Korea, Japan" (http://english.kbs.co.kr
/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=147). KBS Global. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
3.
^ "2005 Japan Yearly Box Office Results" (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2005&p=.htm%20Boxofficemojo). Box
Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
4.
^ "A Moment to Remember - Awards" (http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/amomenttoremember/recompenses.html). Cinemasie.
Retrieved 2013-08-08.
5.
^ Reynolds, Simon (23 October 2008). "Grant to pen Moment To Remember remake" (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a133412
/grant-to-pen-moment-to-remember-remake.html). Digital Spy. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
6.
^ Kit, Borys (7 February 2013). "Berlin 2013: Katherine Heigl to Star in Romantic Drama From Sessions Filmmaker (Exclusive)"
(http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-2013-katherine-heigl-star-419417). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
7.
External links
Official website (http://www.jeewoogae.co.kr/) (Korean)
A Moment to Remember (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428870/) at the Internet Movie Database
A Moment to Remember (http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_A_Moment_to_Remember.php) at HanCinema
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Moment_to_Remember&oldid=628916098"
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