女作家海伦(安妮·班克罗夫特 Anne Bancroft 饰)住在纽约,她常常为自己不能买到所需的珍稀图书而沮丧。偶然,她在一本杂志上发现一则来自一家英国旧书店刊登的广告,便抱着试探的心态给这家位于伦敦查令十字街84号的马克书店老板写了求书单。很快,马克书店给了她一个超乎想象的惊喜:她买到了自己一直苦苦寻找的珍品书籍,并且还获得了弗兰克(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)对书籍珍本的诚意推荐。自此,两个热爱书籍的人开始了长达20年的书信来往。海伦不仅向弗兰克求购难寻书籍,还与他分享自己的读书心得。两人互相交流文学观点,评述名家作品。弗兰克奔波四处为海伦购买书籍珍本,海伦则从美国寄来丰盛食物,为书店员工们缓解因英国实物配给制而造成的食物匮乏难题。两人通过持续书信来往成为精神至交。海伦一直想前往伦敦拜访弗兰克,却因为各种突发情况而未能如愿。直到她收到弗兰克去世消息的书信,她才终于坐上了飞往英国的飞机,而此时,查林十字街84号的马克书店却面临着被拆迁……
Liz and her daughter Amy move to Hamelin where a dark secret in Liz's past is uncovered by the restless spirit of the Pied Piper, who seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children.
More than once, the protagonists in Mimang wonder where they are and where they’re going—it is a concrete, geographical question born from walking around the streets of Seoul, but as the film progresses, that urban journey also proves to be an existential one. We accompany the characters in some stretches of their path—many years separate each of the episodes that make up the film, and that distance reveals changes through what remains. This is not a film about earthquakes, but about small transformations, and the marks of time can be seen not only in the actors’ bodies, but also in that other omnipresent protagonist that is Seoul, whose vitality invades every shot. Like others before him (it’s inevitable to think about Truffaut or Linklater), here, Kim Taeyang reminds us that cinema is the best time machine that has been invented so far.
Two great friends are reunited after five years. Among so many things that have changed, the resumption of connection awakens an old feeling for which they remain unprepared.