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Original Film Title: The Way the Waves come
Director’s Name: Jeongmin Lee
Writer’s Name: Jeongmin Lee
Producer: Jeongmin Lee
Country of Origin: South Korea
Country of Filming: South Korea
Language: Korean
Runtime: 24 minutes 21 seconds
Film Description:
Waves begin somewhere far away, gradually growing larger until they finally break at their peak, coming closest to us at that moment.
I felt that this movement closely resembles the way we experience love.
Love grows over time, but at a certain point it becomes familiar, and we often mistake that familiarity for its disappearance, leading us to part ways. Yet the greater the wave that breaks, the more ripples it leaves behind—traces that reach even closer to us. Through this film, I wanted to express love as such a lingering afterimage, using the metaphor of waves.
When the same place, the same position, and the same actions no longer feel exciting, is it because we have truly grown distant from one another? Or is it because we once loved so deeply that the traces of that love continue to remain in our everyday lives, even after separation?
Rather than encouraging emotional immersion in the characters, I wanted the audience to physically sense the changes in their relationship. For this reason, I intentionally framed both characters together in wide shots, maintaining a certain distance.
Since I believe changes in love are not caused by dramatic events but by subtle differences in everyday life, I relied on repeated compositions to capture those quiet shifts.
Plot
A male fairy who believes love takes the shape of waves approaches a woman who believes that love should always remain exciting.