白狐情缘

　　In the summer of ’76, as President Jimmy Carter pledges to give government back to the people, tensions run high in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood where the Black Panthers once flourished. When Marcus returns—having bolted years earlier—his homecoming isn’t exactly met with fanfare. His former movement brothers blame him for an unspeakable betrayal. Only his best friend’s widow, Patricia, appreciates Marcus’s predicament, which both unites and paralyzes them. As Patricia’s daughter compels the two comrades to confront their past, history repeats itself in dangerous ways.
　　Night Catches Us masterfully reckons with the complexity of its characters’ revolutionary ideologies and internal desires. Bell-bottoms, Afros, potlucks, and Caddies set the scene as the film potently interweaves political media with an evocative soul-inspired score, summoning a vivid sense of place and time. The golden light that bathes characters’ faces seems to express the promise—and elusiveness—of the necessary change Marcus and Patricia struggle for so dearly—each by separate means.

　　韩星贤（李政宰饰）搬到一个海边小屋，他为房屋取了一个意大利文的名字“Il Mare”，意思是“海”。整理房子时，他在信箱发现了一封内容很奇怪的信，信上写着“我是你搬来前的上一个房客，如果有收到我的信，请寄来”，更奇怪的是这封信寄出的日期是在1999年，也就是两年后——而星贤现在的时间是在1997年。星贤就立刻回信给这莫名其妙的人，询问是怎么回事。
　　1999年的金恩珠（全智贤饰）是个配音员，她发现回信的内容后，就开始常常写信给两年以前的星贤。男朋友去美国后已很少和她联络，后来他从美国回来，却已订婚。心碎的恩珠写信给星贤，拜托星贤到当年她和男友最后见面的那一天，去改变他们的命运，但星贤觉得很痛苦，因为他已爱上了恩珠……