Melancholy on the coast of Ipanema Movies like this are made to watch on quiet Saturday nights. It is like a melancholy memory of summer, but not hot and languid, but one that smells of sea breeze, warm sand and fleeting love. South Korean filmmaker Kim Kih-Hoon’s The Boy from Ipanema is impossible to watch. After all, the warm touch of frothy waves, the breath of fresh, slightly cool evening wind, the sound of the surf, the cries of gulls - all this is felt not only with your eyes.
The Boy from Ipanema is a love film. About the one they try to forget, the one they want to remember, and the one that so suddenly appears in the heart, threatening at the same time to disappear as suddenly.
The film looks easy - the lack of drama and breaking storylines are compensated by the lyrical experiences of the protagonist. Another plus of this tape is beauty: from incredible landscapes to delicate and fragile feelings.
But there is a drawback to the film - "The Boy from Ipanema" - a film for melancholic, so some may seem too long. But that’s what Saturday nights are all about – falling out of time for a while.