《화이트 발렌타인》(White Valentine)은
1999년 2월 13일에 개봉한 대한민국의 영화이다.
White Valentine
is a 1999 Korean romantic film
directed by Yang Yun-ho.
It stars Park Shin-yang with Jun Ji-hyun in her movie debut.
It is the story of a young woman
who re-discovers her childhood pen pal
from military service
when she happens upon an epistolary exchange
he sent to his dead girlfriend by a carrier pigeon.
Plot
As a young girl, Kim Jeong-min (Jun Ji-hyun)
hated writing letters to soldiers
because they never write her back once they learn her age.
So instead, she pretends to be a teacher,
and becomes pen pals with Park Hyun-jun (Park Shin-yang).
They plan to meet in person at a train station,
but Jeong-min never shows up, and thus their correspondence ends.
Later when Jeong-min reaches the age of twenty (though
when this movie was shot Jun was only 17),
Hyun-jun moves into her hometown.
Since her parents died when she was little,
Jeong-min has been living with her grandfather
who owns the bookstore Somang Books.
She also works at this bookstore
but dreams of becoming a painter.
Hyun-jun has become the owner of a pet shop for birds,
and grieving over the death of his girlfriend in a car accident,
he keeps sending her letters via carrier pigeon.
While painting outdoors,
Jeong-min sees Hyun-jun feeding some pigeons.
As she watches him care for one wounded pigeon
then give an apple to a child playing nearby,
she falls in love with him at first sight.
But the apple reminds her of the same apple painted on the envelopes
from her yet unknown pen pal.
Cast