Secret Sunshine

I wanted to watch 'Leap Years' yesterday. Im quite a avid supporter of local production. And i quite like the tune everytime they play the trailer on tv. Ended school early at 1pm. But no one wants to watch. Fong had project and Paul had tuition. So decided to stay in school for a while to study with Azhar. Ended up talking to him about korean drama and songs. But i still felt like goin to watch movie or walk around in town. Maybe feel a bit sian of school. So went to find good old sergi at SMU at nite. Plan to go Carrefour but ended up going Cathay. Initially i wanted to watch Leap Years but while queing up for the tix, i saw the korean movie 'Secret Sunshine'. I just read about it in the newspaper that morning. The movie had scooped 3 awards at the Asian Film Festival. Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. And the actress was chio in the papers.Although we have no clue at all what the storyline would be like. So it was a decision between leap years or secret sunshine. In the end we watched Secret Sunshine.

Secret Sunshine is not the typical Korean drama. Its those abstract, arthouse kind of film. The storyline is quite interesting though its a bit slow at times, typical of this genre.And everytime they speak a word i know, i feel so happy. Lol.
The story is about a woman(Jeon Do Yeon) who is a single mum. In the begining of the show, she and her son move to Miryang (which means secret sunshine in chinese). Miryang is the birthplace of her late husband. Unfortunately her son got kidnapped and murdered by the school bus driver. From then on, the whole show revolves around her....how she cant cope with the death of her son,how her whole life turn upside down, how she seduced the pharmacist husband(lucky bastard). The movie also potrays a lot about Christianity. The ending was a bit abrupt but certain parts of the show are nice. Like how the guy who like the actress stayed with her through thick and thin...and even when she got mad.The part where she seduces the pharmacist is quite funny. Coz the pharmacist is a religious person. Then when they were 'doing it', the pharmacist stops halfway as he feels guilty. His reason.....'he feels stress..maybe god is watching. lol!!! But that incident set me thinking.Wen im married already, will i succumb to temptation if a girl throw herself at me.....a korean one mind you. I was thinking of this the whole night. And i still dare not say definitely ' I wont'. It makes me feel guilty. Does this makes me a bad person? I pray God wont ever test me this way.


I definitely enjoy the show. The performance of the actress(Jeon Do Yeon) is indeed worthy of Best Actress. In fact she also won at Cannes in 2007 for her role in Secret Sunshine. Heres the trailer......