MILYANG (SECRET SUNSHINE)

This film is attract me because of the succed of its main role of actress, Do-yeon Jeon, that achieved Best Actress on the Cannes Film Festival 2007. Besides that, this film also on list to represent South Korea on Oscar 2008. Secret Sunshine’s tittle direct to the place that Shin-ae’s (Do-yeon Jeon) to go, which is Miryang. She goes to Miryang because her husband used to dream that someday he will come to the place that he was born. When she goes to that place she hoped that she will vanish her sad of losing her husband. She stayed in Miryang with her son and opened a piano class for living.

There’s a scene that shows Shin-ae is from the rich family. But she has unhappy live, because her parents do not agreed with the decision that she made. Many things happened in her past, and it makes Shin-ae become lonely person, cynical, unbeliever, even with the existence of God.

Then a tragedy is come to her. That make her try to found a shelter. A place that can give something to hold to have the strenght to trough live. When she finally found the strenght, once again she trough a difficult time that test her faith.

Like others Korean Film, the plot is flowing so slow. Rumbling, and too ecxploiting the wipe of the main role. Luckly the scenario writer succeed to combine the unbored story which come up from a novel. The plot is succeed to tie up the viewers to stay put and watch what happen next to the main role.

Beside story, the strength of the film is in the first rate of the role of Do-Yeon Jeon. She did well playing the lonely, frustated, mad person but keep look shines when she has an enlightment. A scene when she roar in a community is very touching. She shows strong emotion when Sn-ae visited her enemy in jail and she found something beyond her will. The film is closing by a scene that Shin-ae cut her hair by her-self, then the shot is moving on to the ground where Shin-ae at. Never know what really meant of it. It’s obvious that Secret Sunshine is worth to see, beside the play from Do-yeon Jeon, it’s also remind us to our faith what we are believing. What still become a secret. 3.5/5.
(bilingual by Marliy)