A Moment to Remember

A Moment to Remember (내 머리 속의 지우개, Eraser in My Head)
Korean Movie
Running time: 144 minutes
Year: 2004
Director: John H. Lee
Starring: Jung Woo-sung, Son Ye-jin

This movie begins as what seems like a romantic comedy. Su-Jin is 27 years old, and is moving home after having an affair with a married man. She is rather forgetful.

One day she goes into a convenience store and buys a coke. However, she leaves the store without her drink. She returns to the store, and coming out the door is a man with a coke. She looks inside and drink is gone. Thinking the man had taken hers, she grabs his soda and gulps it all down, then burps in his face. She turns and leaves.

On her way home, she realizes that her wallet is gone as well, so she goes to the store again. The man behind the counter gives her her wallet and coke. She gets embaressed over taking the other man's drink, but he is long gone.

Su-Jin's father is the owner of a construction company, and she is going somewhere with him when he has to stop on a job sight where a foreman is causing a fuss over an unstable building. Who should the worker be but the man she stole the drink from.
His name is Chul-Soo. And thus begins their romance.

They get married and are so very sweet together! Su-Jin loves Chul-Soo very much, and, though Chul-Soo won't say so, he loves her too. They are a perfect couple. Su-Jin is still so forgetful, so she goes to the doctor to see what the deal is. It's Alzheimers.

I'm not going to tell the rest of the story, because I don't want to give it away. This movie coaxed my heart out of it's guarded home, deceived it, threw it to the ground, stabbed it, then proceeded to tap dance on it in stilletto heels. I have never flat out BAWLED at a movie before. But I did in this one. It is such a good love story, and, even though my eyes were puffy for about four hours after watching it, and I was sad every time it crossed my mind for the next three days, it is one of my favorites. Amazing. Five out of five stars.



(This video made me cry all over again!)