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Hwi young and Kyung-jun are the closest of friends, always at each other's side. However, just before their planned trip to celebrate Hwi Young's birthday, a misunderstanding causes Kyung Joon to start giving Hwi Young the cold shoulder on purpose. Will Hwi Young's long-awaited trip be smooth sailing despite his friend's sudden distance? (Source: GagaOOLala) Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • עברית / עִבְרִית
  • dansk
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: 2020
  • Duration: 39 min.
  • Score: 7.3 (scored by 112 users)
  • Ranked: #24765
  • Popularity: #14413
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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BL Compilations
3 people found this review helpful
May 10, 2023
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

realistic coming of age story

Overall: this is a coming of age story with two high schoolers, 40 minutes on GagaOOLala and Vimeo.

What I Liked
- gentle slice of life feel
- realistic, they look like highschoolers instead of photoshopped models
- symbolism of the seesaw and the two plants

Room For Improvement
- wish the ending was a bit less open/more explicit/what was in the box?
- what exactly was said at school, I think I know but I'm not sure what happened there
- the Vimeo subs are ghost subs, small and white font/difficult to read
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jiritwist
0 people found this review helpful
18 days ago
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

A film that has something in it...

A film that has something in it that I can't exactly define from my inner perspective, gentle, light and essentially simple, about the beauty of life and individual moments, fragments of life that are not always completely clear. I perceive it not as a short film, it is exactly on the border (40 min), but as a feature film, which was also awarded at the Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival in 2021. I also appreciate that the guys were chosen realistically, they are not handsome guys from a poster and I don't mind the slightly open ending at all, on the contrary, I like the film and its mood ...

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  • Movie: When the Waves Rise
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: 2020
  • Duration: 39 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.3 (scored by 112 users)
  • Ranked: #24765
  • Popularity: #14413
  • Watchers: 405

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