Released in the UK this month is With Love, Charlie, Jaren Hayman’s 20-minute bilingual drama (English and Korean) offering a moving exploration of love, sacrifice, and the human cost of war.
In 1951, North Korea initiated a sweeping invasion of South Korea with the intent of reunifying the nation under communist control. Jae, a South Korean fluent in English, found himself forced to enlist in the northern army due to his unique skill as an interpreter. Across the globe, Charlie is one of 1.5 million Americans who were drafted to fight in the Korean War against communism. The convergence of their paths on the battlefield culminate in a fateful encounter, where the lives of Charlie and Jae’s families undergo an irreversible transformation—forever changed; forever linked.