The snowy vistas of Chuncheon instill this astute relationship drama with an expressivity that Jang Woo-jin utilizes to perfection in crafting this incisive portrait of self-doubt and stasis plaguing a middle-aged couple. Time is the great equalizer, and what Winter's Night beautifully concocts is a film about companionship that recognizes the work involved. Connection is spontaneous but when it comes to relationships they are constructed around a continuous process of reciprocal communication and understanding. In our inability to be open, honest, and expressive about our internal selves problems can arise, dissonance can occur, and what I think Winter's Night captures without exposition is the importance of such forthright communication. Melancholic but never somber, Winter's Night's juxtaposition of this older couple with the younger one they encounter only reinforces the film's existential aims. Reflections on the past, preoccupations about the future - how both the past and future infect the present in our consciousness, and how these concerns themselves can often distort what is simply right in front of our faces. The impermanence of the present, its importance to living, and how in many ways embracing this present moment leads us to a place of solace, peace, and mutual understanding that insures the past or future doesn't feel prescriptive nor preordained
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