My Love, Don't Cross That River

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My Love, Don't Cross That River
Directed by Jin Mo-young
Produced by Han Gyeong-su
Starring Jo Byeong-man
Kang Kye-yeol
Music by Jeong Min-woo
Cinematography Jin Mo-young
Edited by Hyun Jin-sik
Production
company
Argus Film
Distributed by CGV Art House
Daemyung Culture Factory
Release dates
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  • November 2013 (2013-11) (DMZ Docs)
  • November 27, 2014 (2014-11-27) (South Korea)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget US$110,000[1]
Box office US$34.3 million[2]

My Love, Don't Cross That River (Hangul: 님아, 그 강을 건너지 마오) is a South Korean documentary film that follows elderly married couple Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol until the last moments of their 76-year marriage.[3] Documentary filmmaker Jin Mo-young filmed Jo and Kang in the couple's mountain village in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province for 15 months.[4]

My Love, Don't Cross That River premiered at the 2013 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.[5] It was released in theaters on November 27, 2014 and through word of mouth became the most commercially successful Korean documentary/independent film of all time.[6][7]

Production

Married couple, 98-year-old Jo Byeong-man and 89-year-old Kang Kye-yeol, were first featured onscreen in a five-episode segment titled Gray-haired Lovers on a KBS television documentary program that aired in 2011.[8] After documentary filmmaker Jin Mo-young saw Jo and Kang on TV, he rushed to the couple's mountain village in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province and asked them if he could make their story into a possible film. After obtaining their permission in September 2012, Jin followed the couple for 15 months and documented their everyday life.[5][9]

Reception

Upon its theatrical release on November 27, 2014, the film became the most commercially successful Korean independent film of all time in terms of revenue and attendance.[7][10][11][12][13]

Box office

In South Korea, the film topped the box office during its opening weekend with ₩5.13 billion (US$4.66 million) ahead of its competition, Hollywood films Interstellar, Exodus: Gods and Kings and The Theory of Everything.[5] It was the second time ever and the first time in five years that a documentary film had topped the Korean box office since Old Partner opened at No. 1 in 2009.[1] It has so far grossed ₩8.38 billion (US$7.62 million) in 15 days, which is 70 times its production budget of ₩120 million (US$110,000).[1][14] As of January 2015, the film drew 3.73 million admissions, beating Old Partner's record (2.93 million) to become the highest grossing Korean independent/documentary film of all time.[15]

Film festivals

Aside from DMZ Docs, the film was also invited to screen at the Moscow International Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Sydney Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2015.[16][17]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
 Audience Award[5] My Love, Don't Cross That River Won
2015
6th KOFRA Film Awards[18]
 Best Independent Film Won
10th Max Movie Awards
 Best Film Nominated
Best Director Jin Mo-young Nominated
Best Trailer My Love, Don't Cross That River Nominated
Best Poster Won
51st Baeksang Arts Awards
 Best New Director Jin Mo-young Nominated
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
 Audience Award[19] 4th place
21st Los Angeles Film Festival[20][21][22]
 Documentary Award My Love, Don't Cross That River Won

References

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